erumpent
[ ih-ruhm-puhnt ]
adjective
bursting forth.
(of fungi or algae) prominent; projecting from or bursting through host tissue.
Origin of erumpent
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How to use erumpent in a sentence
The latter specimens grew erumpent from thin bark, and the broken bark forms a kind of cup at the base of the stroma.
Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes | C. G. Lloyd
British Dictionary definitions for erumpent
erumpent
/ (ɪˈrʌmpənt) /
adjective
bursting out or (esp of plant parts) developing as though bursting through an overlying structure
Origin of erumpent
1C17: from Latin ērumpere to burst forth, from rumpere to shatter, burst
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