EXCURRENT

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Running or flowing out; as: (Bot.)

2.
a.

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.

3.
a.

Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube.


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