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excurrent
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EXCURRENT
Ex *cur "rent, a. Etym: [L. excurrens, p. p. of excurrere, excursum, to run out; ex out + currere to run. See Current. ]
1. Running or flowing out; as: (Bot. )
Defn: Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top.
2. (Zoöl )
Defn: Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube.
New American Oxford Dictionary
excurrent
ex cur rent |ekˈskərənt ɛkˈskərənt | ▶adjective chiefly Zoology (of a vessel or opening ) conveying fluid outward. The opposite of incurrent. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin excurrent- ‘running out, ’ from the verb excurrere.
Oxford Dictionary
excurrent
ex |cur ¦rent |ɪkˈskʌr (ə )nt, ɛk- | ▶adjective chiefly Zoology (of a vessel or opening ) conveying fluid outwards. The opposite of incurrent. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin excurrent- ‘running out ’, from the verb excurrere.
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