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emersed

American  
[ih-murst] / ɪˈmɜrst /

adjective

Botany.
  1. risen or standing out of water, surrounding leaves, etc.


emersed British  
/ ɪˈmɜːst /

adjective

  1. (of the leaves or stems of aquatic plants) protruding above the surface of the water

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of emersed

1680–90; < Latin ēmersus (past participle of ēmergere to emerge ) + -ed 2

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This process is no less than the electrolitic deposition of rubber globules on molds, emersed in an emulsified rubber solution through which an electric current is passed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Submerged leaves linear, emersed and floating leaves obovate Water Starwort, Callitriche palustris.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason

Aquatic; immersed leaves 1–3-pinnately dissected into numerous capillary divisions; emersed leaves oblong, entire, serrate, or pinnatifid; pedicels widely spreading; pods ovoid, 1-celled, a little longer than the style.—Lakes and rivers, N. E.

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 Asa Gray

Floating and emersed leaves centrally peltate — 2. 1b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason

I went ahead with blankets and the hatchet and cut a hole in the ice, and the driver carried her and emersed her feet in water 15 inches deep.

From The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail by William H. Ryus

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