ass urgency
dʒənt adjective Botany.
curving upward, as leaves; ascendant.
Origin:
1570–80; < Latin assurgent- (stem of assurgēns rising up, present participle of assurgere). See as-, surgent
1570–80; < Latin assurgent- (stem of assurgēns rising up, present participle of assurgere). See as-, surgent
Related forms
as·sur·gen·cy, noun
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| —adj | |
| (of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising | |
| [C16: from Latin assurgere to rise up, from surgere to rise] | |
| as'surgency | |
| —n | |
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