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assurgent

[uh-sur-juh nt]
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adjective Botany.

curving upward, as leaves; ascendant.

RELATED WORDS

originating, proceeding, soaring, rising, springing, issuing, stemming, ascendant, abiogenic, idiopathic

Nearby words

  1. assurbanipal,
  2. assure,
  3. assured,
  4. assured tenancy,
  5. assuredly,
  6. assurnasirpal ii,
  7. assyr.,
  8. assyria,
  9. assyrian,
  10. assyriology

Origin of assurgent

1570–80; < Latin assurgent- (stem of assurgēns rising up, present participle of assurgere). See as-, surge,-ent
Related formsas·sur·gen·cy, noun
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assurgent

adjective

(of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising
Derived Formsassurgency, noun

Word Origin for assurgent

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