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Decurrent

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gillsnoun(zootomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
subdecurrentnoun(botany, mycology) Attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point.
surcurrent(botany) Having laminar extensions beginning at the leaf base and continuing up the stem.
decumbentnounLying down; reclining on the ground.
dorsalnoun(linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
excurrentnoun(botany) Of a vein or costa, extending beyond the tip or the margin of a leaf.
inflected(grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).
noddingverbThe act by which one nods.
hypophyllous(botany) Being or growing on the lower side of a leaf.
attenuateverb(transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
percurrentnoun(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.
attachedverbConnected; joined.
attenuatedMade, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
rootwardnoun(biology) Toward the root of a plant.
subdrupaceous(botany) Almost or somewhat drupaceous.
peltatenoun(botany, of leaves) Having the petiole attached to the lower surface instead of the margin.
apterous(zoology) Without wings.
veinal(now chiefly botany) Pertaining to or contained in veins, especially the veins of a leaf.
subpedunculate(botany) Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem
circinate(botany) Of a leaf or similar part: coiled on itself from the apex toward the base.

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