assurgent

assurgent
assurgency, n.
/euh serr"jeuhnt/, adj. Bot.
curving upward, as leaves; ascendant.
[1570-80; < L assurgent- (s. of assurgens rising up, prp. of assurgere). See AS-, SURGENT]

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