erumpent

erumpent
/i rum"peuhnt/, adj.
1. bursting forth.
2. (of fungi or algae) prominent; projecting from or bursting through host tissue.
[1640-50; < L erumpent- (s. of erumpens), prp. of erumpere, equiv. to e- E- + rumpere to break; see -ENT]

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