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subdecurrent

subdecurrent adjective: attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point.

subdecurrent: attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the...
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Adjective

subdecurrent (comparative more subdecurrent, superlative most subdecurrent)

  1. Attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point.
    • In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is subdecurrent.

Forms of subdecurrent

comparativemore subdecurrent
superlativemost subdecurrent

Origin of subdecurrent

From sub- + decurrent.

Questions about subdecurrent

What does subdecurrent mean?
Subdecurrent means attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point.
What part of speech is subdecurrent?
Subdecurrent is an adjective.

Words near subdecurrent in the dictionary

  1. subdecisions
  2. subdeck
  3. subdecks
  4. subdecumbent
  5. subdecuple
  6. subdecurrent
  7. subdefinition
  8. subdefinitions
  9. subdeflected
  10. subdegree
  11. subdeities

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