assurgent

as·sur·gent  (-sûrjnt)

adj.

1. Rising or tending to rise.

2. Botany Slanting or curving upward; ascending.

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

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as·surgen·cy n.

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"