assurgent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

assurgent
    adj 1: rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"
    2: growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Assurgent \As*sur"gent\, a. [L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere;
   ad + surgere to rise.]
   Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward. --Gray.
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