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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. rising from the sea;
- Example: "a seahorse assurgent"

2. growing or extending upward;
- Example: "an assurgent stem or leaf"



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.
   [1913 Webster]


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"