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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 seaplay

2. growing or extending upwardplay

  Familiarity information: ASSURGENT used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ASSURGENT (adjective)


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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