Assurgent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assurgent \As*sur"gent\, a. [L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere;
     ad + surgere to rise.]
     Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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