Decurrent

• Title

  Decurrent

• Definition

  Extending down and adnate to an axis; e.g., the blade of a leaf onto the petiole, the leaf blade onto the stem, or the secondary veins onto the midvein in some species of Anacardiaceae, Lauraceae, and Monimiaceae.

• Related Terms

  Excurrent secondary vein

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