percurrent
English
Etymology
From Latin percurrens, present participle of percurrere (“to run or pass through”), from per (“through”) + currere (“to run”).
Adjective
percurrent (not comparable)
- (botany) Running through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc.
Further reading
- percurrent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- percurrent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- percurrent at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin
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