decurrentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /dɪˈkʌɹənt/, /dɪˈkʊɹənt/

形容詞

decurrent (comparative more decurrent, superlative most decurrent)

1. (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.
2. (mycology) Of lamellae (the gills of a mushroom): broadly attached and extending down the stipe of the mushroom.

   In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is decurrent.

3. (obsolete) Running or extending downwards.

派生語

参照

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114