Running or extending outward; in botany, describing a vein that runs to the edge of a leaf.
From Latin 'excurrens' (present participle of 'excurrere'), meaning 'running out,' this term is used in biology to describe structures that extend outward.
In leaf anatomy, an excurrent vein tells scientists how water and nutrients flow through the plant—it's like finding the highways on a tiny green map.
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