Excurrent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. running out or forth.
  2. giving passage outward; affording exit: the excurrent canal of certain sponges.
  3. Botany.
    • having the axis prolonged so as to form an undivided main stem or trunk, as the stem of the spruce.
    • projecting beyond the apex, as the midrib in certain leaves.
adjective
  1. having an outward flow, as certain pores in sponges, ducts, etc
  2. botany
    • (of veins) extending beyond the margin of the leaf
    • having an undivided main stem or trunk, as the spruce and other conifers
  3. flowing or running in an outward direction
Excurrent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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