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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

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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

“Here!” called Dick and Mr. Huntsworth in one breath, and they were soon emersed in the details of the fight at Gettysburg.

From A Daughter of the Union by Lucy Foster Madison

Leaves when submersed elongated, thin, closely sessile by a broad base, when emersed shorter and contracted at base; calyx with broad triangular lobes; style very short; capsules very small.

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

Resembling P. lucens, but smaller, much branched at base; upper leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, long-petioled and sometimes emersed, the others subsessile, all usually numerous, undulate and shining; peduncle elongated.

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

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