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excurrent

excurrent adjective: of a vein or costa, extending beyond the tip or the margin of a leaf.

Adjective

excurrent (not comparable)

  1. Of a vein or costa, extending beyond the tip or the margin of a leaf.
    • This species of tree is recognized by the excurrent veins in its leaves.
  2. Carrying outward; permitting outward flow.
    • The excurrent apertures (called oscula because they look like little mouths) project their thin cone-shaped lips into the water stream passing over a sponge.2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 17

excurrent meaning in Tamil

excurrent in Tamil

நுனியடுத்த, வெளிமுகவோட்டம், பிரிவுறாத் தண்டடியுடைய, பிரிவுறா மரவடியுடைய

Words formed from excurrent

Questions about excurrent

What does excurrent mean?
Excurrent means of a vein or costa, extending beyond the tip or the margin of a leaf.
What is excurrent in Tamil?
Excurrent in Tamil is நுனியடுத்த, வெளிமுகவோட்டம், பிரிவுறாத் தண்டடியுடைய. See Excurrent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is excurrent?
Excurrent is an adjective.

Words near excurrent in the dictionary

  1. exculpator
  2. exculpatorily
  3. exculpators
  4. exculpatory
  5. excur
  6. excurrent
  7. excurrently
  8. excurs
  9. excurse
  10. excursed
  11. excurses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: excurrent (page history and authors); excurrent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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