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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

excurrens

, p. p. of excurrere, excursum, to run out;

out +

currere

to run. See

Running or flowing out

; as:

(Bot.)

Running or extending out;

as, an

excurrent

midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an

excurrent

steam or trunk, one which continues to the top

(Zoöl.)

Characterized by a current which flows outward;

as, an

excurrent

orifice or tube