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emersed

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e⋅mersed

  [i-murst]
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–adjective Botany.
risen or standing out of water, surrounding leaves, etc.
Origin:
1680–90; < L ēmersus (ptp. of ēmergere to emerge ) + -ed 2
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e·mersed   (ĭ-mûrst')   
adj.   Botany
Rising above the surface of water: emersed aquatic plants.

[From Latin ēmersus; see emersion.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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