percurrent

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

percurrent (not comparable)

  1. (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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • percurrent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • percurrent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Verb

percurrent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of percurrō
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