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submersed

American  
[suhb-murst] / səbˈmɜrst /

adjective

  1. submerged.

  2. Botany. growing under water.


Etymology

Origin of submersed

1720–30; < Latin submers ( us ) ( see submerse) + -ed 2

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“When the nets are submersed in water, the banana pingers automatically turn on and make a high-pitched sound that dolphins and porpoises are able to hear,” Enever says.

From Washington Post Aug. 17, 2022

In the same spirit, he wondered what treasures might be submersed in Bitcoin’s data lake.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2022

Even Lady Gaga, who walked the runway as a model, submersed herself in the clothes.

From Washington Post Feb. 19, 2016

Self was submersed in a composite achievement, not obliterating individuality but leaving it latitude to harmonize with others.

From The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Mullgardt, Louis Christian

Leaves alternate or opposite, the submersed often dissected.

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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