assurgent

as·sur·gent

A0479700 (ə-sûr′jənt)adj.1. Rising or tending to rise.2. Botany Slanting or curving upward; ascending.

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[Latin assurgēns, assurgent-, present participle of assurgere, to rise up to : ad-, ad- + surgere, to rise; see surge.]

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as·sur′gen·cy n.

assurgent

(əˈsɜːdʒənt) adj (Botany) (of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising[C16: from Latin assurgere to rise up, from surgere to rise] asˈsurgency n

as•sur•gent

(əˈsɜr dʒənt)

adj. Bot. curving or directed upward, as leaves; ascending. [1570–80; < Latin assurgent-, s. of assurgēns, present participle of assurgere to stand up, rise] as•sur′gen•cy, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	assurgent - rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogiesascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
	2.	assurgent - growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plantsascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

Translations

ascendente