subdecurrent

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adjective

Attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point.

“In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is subdecurrent.”

OriginEnglish decurrent ← Latin sub- →
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Meanings

adjectivesubdecurrent (comparative more subdecurrent, superlative most subdecurrent)

comparative more subdecurrent · superlative most subdecurrent

  1. biologyAttached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point.

    In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is subdecurrent.

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishdecurrent
  5. Englishsubdecurrent

From sub- + decurrent.

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APA

subdecurrent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdecurrent

MLA

“subdecurrent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdecurrent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subdecurrent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdecurrent.

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