decurrent
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.
Adjective
- 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.
- 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.
- Running or extending downwards.
Origin
From Latin decurrens — de (“down”) + curro (“to run”).