ASSURGENT

assurgent

(adjective) growing or extending upward; “an assurgent stem or leaf”

assurgent

(adjective) rising from the sea; “a seahorse assurgent”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

assurgent (plural assurgents)

(heraldry) A man or beast rising out of the sea.

Adjective

assurgent (comparative more assurgent, superlative most assurgent)

Rising or tending to rise.

(botany) Curving upward.

Source: Wiktionary


As*sur"gent, a. Etym: [L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere; ad + surgere to rise.]

Definition: Ascending; (Bot.)

Definition: rising obliquely; curving upward. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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