Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Running or flowing outward.
- adjective Marked by an outward flow of current.
- adjective Having a single, undivided trunk with lateral branches, as in spruce trees.
- adjective Extending beyond the apex of a leaf, as a midrib or vein.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Running out.
- In botany: Projecting or running beyond the edge or point of anything, as when the midrib of a leaf projects beyond the apex.
- Prolonged to the very summit: applied to the trunk of a tree which is undivided to the top, as in the spruce, in distinction from a deliquescent growth.
- Giving passage outward; affording exit: as, an excurrent orifice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Running or flowing out.
- adjective (Zoöl) Characterized by a current which flows outward.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Of a
vein orcosta ,extending beyond the tip or themargin of aleaf .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Where they are of considerable extent, or where even small they are very numerous, they serve to retain the flood waters, delivering them slowly to the excurrent streams.
Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873
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Mussels are natural water clarifiers; the water that exits through the "excurrent aperture" -- the second siphon -- is cleaner than what came in.
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Water is brought into its body through the incurrent siphon and the water is removed from its body through the excurrent siphon.
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Water is brought into its body through the incurrent siphon and the water is leter removed from its body through the excurrent siphon.
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Water is brought into its body through the incurrent siphon and the water is removed from its body through the excurrent siphon.
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Water is brought into its body through the incurrent siphon and the water is removed from its body through the excurrent siphon.
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It has two openings, an intake siphon and an excurrent siphon, both of which travel through the neck.
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Water is brought into its body through the incurrent siphon and the water is removed from its body through the excurrent siphon.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Bat-Cave 2009
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It has two openings, an intake siphon and an excurrent siphon, both of which travel through the neck.
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Water is brought into its body through the incurrent siphon and the water is removed from its body through the excurrent siphon.
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