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Definition of Assurgent
1. Adjective. Rising from the sea. "A seahorse assurgent"
2. Adjective. Growing or extending upward. "An assurgent stem or leaf"
Definition of Assurgent
1. a. Ascending
Definition of Assurgent
1. Noun. (heraldry) A man or beast rising out of the sea. ¹
2. Adjective. Rising or tending to rise. ¹
3. Adjective. (botany) Curving upward. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assurgent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Assurgent
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Literary usage of Assurgent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Phonographic Dictionary: Exhibiting the Correct and Actual by Elias Longley (1882)
"... Assumption Assumptive Assured-ly Assuredness Assurer-infi assurgent Aster-isk
Astern Asteroid-ul Asthenie Asthma-tic ..."
2. Class Book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology and by Alphonso Wood (1861)
"(Mead, in Gray's Manual). 3 F. proliferum Lara. Culm assurgent ... assurgent, 2
to 3f, with black joints ; Ivs. lance- linear, glabrous, 4 to 8' by 4 to 8'' ..."
3. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Stem 6 inches high, erect or assurgent, 4-sided, smooth, often much branched.
... Stem erect or assurgent, branched, stouter than in the preceding. ..."
4. Botany of the Southern States by John Darby (1860)
"Stem decumbent, assurgent, hirsute. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Flowers numerous,
in corymbs ; segments of the calyx subulate, those of the corolla obtuse. ..."
5. A Practical Course in Botany: With Especial Reference to Its Bearings on by Eliza Frances Andrews (1911)
"Prostrate stem of Lycopodium with assurgent branches. the beech and pine to ...
96, there are two modes of inclination: assurgent, a, from the prostrate, p, ..."
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