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Definition of: decurrent
(di·kûr′ənt) adjective Bot.
Extending or running downward into another structure, as leaves along a plant stem. [<L decurrens, -entis, ppr. of decurrere <de- down + currere run]
—de·cur′rent·ly adverb
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