WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ex•cur•rent
(ik skûr′ənt, -skur′-),USA pronunciation adj.
- running out or forth.
- Zoologygiving passage outward;
affording exit:the excurrent canal of certain sponges. - [Bot.]
- Botanyhaving the axis prolonged so as to form an undivided main stem or trunk, as the stem of the spruce.
- Botanyprojecting beyond the apex, as the midrib in certain leaves.
- Latin excurrent- (stem of excurrēns) present participle of excurrere to run forth. See ex-1, current
- 1595–1605
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