percurrent

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adjective

Running through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc.

OriginLatin percurrens →
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Meanings

adjectivepercurrent (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyRunning through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc.

Origin

  1. Latinpercurrens
  2. Englishpercurrent

From Latin percurrens, present participle of percurrere (“to run or pass through”), from per (“through”) + currere (“to run”).

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APA

percurrent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percurrent

MLA

“percurrent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percurrent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “percurrent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percurrent.

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