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ASSURGENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does assurgent mean?
• ASSURGENT (adjective)
The adjective ASSURGENT has 2 senses:
1. rising from the sea
2. growing or extending upward
Familiarity information: ASSURGENT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rising from the sea
Context example:
a seahorse assurgent
Similar:
ascending (moving or going or growing upward)
Domain category:
heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Growing or extending upward
Context example:
an assurgent stem or leaf
Similar:
ascending (moving or going or growing upward)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
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