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emersed

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e·mersed  (-mûrst)
adj. Botany
Rising above the surface of water: emersed aquatic plants.

[From Latin mersus; see emersion.]

emersed [ɪˈmɜːst]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of the leaves or stems of aquatic plants) protruding above the surface of the water


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