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assurgent

American  
[uh-sur-juhnt] / əˈsɜr dʒənt /

adjective

Botany.

  1. curving upward, as leaves; ascendant.

assurgent British  
/ əˈsɜːdʒənt /

adjective

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

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Origin of assurgent

1570–80; < Latin assurgent- (stem of assurgēns rising up, present participle of assurgere ). See as-, surge ( def. ), -ent ( def. )

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Astute observers will be aspired and astonished by so many assurgent and assistive technologies to ascertain, with aspects that assault all known associated assumptions and assertions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

A man or beast rising out of the sea is said to be assurgent.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

Thallus fleshy, prostrate or assurgent from a creeping base; costa obscure.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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