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surcurrent

surcurrent adjective: having laminar extensions beginning at the leaf base and continuing up the stem.

Adjective

surcurrent (not comparable)

  1. Having laminar extensions beginning at the leaf base and continuing up the stem.

Origin of surcurrent

French sur over, above plus Latin currere to run.

Questions about surcurrent

What does surcurrent mean?
Surcurrent means having laminar extensions beginning at the leaf base and continuing up the stem.
What part of speech is surcurrent?
Surcurrent is an adjective.

Words near surcurrent in the dictionary

  1. surcomplex
  2. surculi
  3. surculose
  4. surculoside
  5. surculus
  6. surcurrent
  7. surd
  8. Surdila-Greci
  9. surdimutism
  10. surdity
  11. surdization

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