emergent
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[edit] English
[edit] Adjective
emergent (comparative more emergent, superlative most emergent)
- emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- (botany) taller than the surrounding vegetation
- (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) having leaves and flowers above the water
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Noun
emergent (plural emergents)
- (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
- third-person plural future active indicative of ēmergō
