Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subdecurrent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-de-cur-rent
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English decurrent English subdecurrent From sub- + decurrent.

Inflected Forms

more subdecurrent (comparative) most subdecurrent (superlative)

Questions

What does subdecurrent mean?: Attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point.
Where does subdecurrent come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English decurrent English subdecurrent From sub- + decurrent.

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