Usually means: Extending downward along the stem.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. decurrent: Merriam-Webster
  2. decurrent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. decurrent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. decurrent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. decurrent: Wordnik
  6. decurrent: Wiktionary
  7. decurrent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. decurrent: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Decurrent, decurrent: Dictionary.com
  10. Decurrent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Decurrent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. decurrent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Decurrent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. decurrent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. decurrent: FreeDictionary.org
  16. decurrent: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. decurrent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. decurrent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  4. Decurrent: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (decurrent)

adjective:  (botany) Of plant parts: extending downward, most often in the case of leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem.
adjective:  (mycology) Of lamellae (the gills of a mushroom): broadly attached and extending down the stipe of the mushroom.
adjective:  (obsolete) Running or extending downwards.

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