emergent

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[edit] Adjective

emergent (comparative more emergent, superlative most emergent)

  1. emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
  2. (botany) taller than the surrounding vegetation
  3. (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) having leaves and flowers above the water

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[edit] Noun

emergent (plural emergents)

  1. (botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grows up and above the water.

[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

ēmergent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of ēmergō
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