assurgent

as·sur·gent

 (ə-sûr′jənt)

adj.

1. Rising or tending to rise.

2. Botany Slanting or curving upward; ascending.

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[Latin assurgēns, assurgent-, present participle of assurgere, to rise up to : ad-, ad- + surgere, to rise; see surge.]

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as·sur′gen·cy n.

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assurgent

(əˈsɜːdʒənt)

adj

(Botany) (of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising

[C16: from Latin assurgere to rise up, from surgere to rise]

asˈsurgency n

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as•sur•gent

(əˈsɜr dʒənt)

adj. Bot.

curving or directed upward, as leaves; ascending.

[1570–80; < Latin assurgent-, s. of assurgēns, present participle of assurgere to stand up, rise]

as•sur′gen•cy, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	assurgent - rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent" heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
	2.	assurgent - growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf" phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

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Translations

ascendente