Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a midrib that extends through the entire length of a leaf.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, running through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leaf, or a grass-palet, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Running through the entire length.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Running through the entire
length ; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of adicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin percurrēns, percurrent-, present participle of percurrere, to run through : per-, per- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
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From Latin percurrens, present participle of percurrere ("to run or pass through"), from per ("through") + currere ("to run").
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Examples
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Spikelets flat, ovate-elliptic or oblong, lateral nerves of flowering glumes very prominent and straight, almost percurrent; palea deciduous with their glumes 2.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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