adj. Botany Having the leaf base extending down the stem below the insertion. [Middle English, from Latin dēcurrēns, dēcurrent-, present participle of dēcurrere, to run down : dē-, de- + currere, to run; see kers- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] de·current·ly adv. |
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