"decurrent" meaning in English

See decurrent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈkʌɹənt/ [UK], /dɪˈkʊɹənt/ [UK] Forms: more decurrent [comparative], most decurrent [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin decurrens — de (“down”) + curro (“to run”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|decurrens}} Latin decurrens Head templates: {{en-adj}} decurrent (comparative more decurrent, superlative most decurrent)
  1. (botany) Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (pertaining to plant parts that extend downward): decorrente (Galician), decurrente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-decurrent-en-adj-H8NvUZwJ Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'pertaining to plant parts that extend downward': 76 12 12
  2. (mycology) Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down the stipe of the mushroom. Categories (topical): Mycology
    Sense id: en-decurrent-en-adj-2mGTg4ve Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 42 31 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 47 23 Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
  3. (obsolete) running or extending downwards. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-decurrent-en-adj-YTQvlcFP

Download JSON data for decurrent meaning in English (3.0kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "decurrens"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin decurrens",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin decurrens — de (“down”) + curro (“to run”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more decurrent",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most decurrent",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "decurrent (comparative more decurrent, superlative most decurrent)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem."
      ],
      "id": "en-decurrent-en-adj-H8NvUZwJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "downward",
          "downward"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 12",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "pertaining to plant parts that extend downward",
          "word": "decorrente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 12 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "pertaining to plant parts that extend downward",
          "word": "decurrente"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mycology",
          "orig": "en:Mycology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 42 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 47 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is decurrent."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down the stipe of the mushroom."
      ],
      "id": "en-decurrent-en-adj-2mGTg4ve",
      "links": [
        [
          "mycology",
          "mycology"
        ],
        [
          "lamella",
          "lamella"
        ],
        [
          "mushroom",
          "mushroom"
        ],
        [
          "stipe",
          "stipe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mycology) Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down the stipe of the mushroom."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "mycology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "running or extending downwards."
      ],
      "id": "en-decurrent-en-adj-YTQvlcFP",
      "links": [
        [
          "running",
          "running"
        ],
        [
          "extending",
          "extending"
        ],
        [
          "downwards",
          "downwards"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) running or extending downwards."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈkʌɹənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈkʊɹənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "decurrent"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English undefined derivations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "decurrens"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin decurrens",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin decurrens — de (“down”) + curro (“to run”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more decurrent",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most decurrent",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "decurrent (comparative more decurrent, superlative most decurrent)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "downward",
          "downward"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mycology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is decurrent."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down the stipe of the mushroom."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mycology",
          "mycology"
        ],
        [
          "lamella",
          "lamella"
        ],
        [
          "mushroom",
          "mushroom"
        ],
        [
          "stipe",
          "stipe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mycology) Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down the stipe of the mushroom."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "mycology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "running or extending downwards."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "running",
          "running"
        ],
        [
          "extending",
          "extending"
        ],
        [
          "downwards",
          "downwards"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) running or extending downwards."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈkʌɹənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈkʊɹənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "pertaining to plant parts that extend downward",
      "word": "decorrente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to plant parts that extend downward",
      "word": "decurrente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decurrent"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (9d9fc81 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.