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English
Etymology
From Latin percurrens, present participle of percurrere (“to run or pass through”), from per (“through”) + currere (“to run”).
Adjective
percurrent (not comparable)
- (botany) 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.
Further reading
- “percurrent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “percurrent”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “percurrent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
percurrent
- third-person plural future active indicative of percurrō