erumpent

[ ih-ruhm-puh nt ]

/ ɪˈrʌm pənt /

adjective

bursting forth.

(of fungi or algae) prominent; projecting from or bursting through host tissue.

Nearby words

eruct, eructate, eructation, erudite, erudition, erumpent, erupt, eruption, eruptive, eruptive xanthoma, eruv

Origin of erumpent

1640–50; < Latin ērumpent- (stem of ērumpēns), present participle of ērumpere, equivalent to ē- e-¹ + rumpere to break; see -ent

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British Dictionary definitions for erumpent

erumpent

/ (ɪˈrʌmpənt) /

adjective

bursting out or (esp of plant parts) developing as though bursting through an overlying structure

Word Origin for erumpent

C17: from Latin ērumpere to burst forth, from rumpere to shatter, burst

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