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as•sur•gent
(ə sûr′jənt),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]
as•sur′gen•cy, n.
- Botanycurving upward, as leaves;
ascendant.
- Latin assurgent- (stem of assurgēns rising up, present participle of assurgere). See as-, surgent
- 1570–80