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erumpent

[ih-ruhm-puhnt]

adjective

bursting forth.

(of fungi or algae) prominent; projecting from or bursting through host tissue.

Origin:
1640–50; < Latin ērumpent- (stem of ērumpēns), present participle of ērumpere, equivalent to ē- e- + rumpere to break; see -ent

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erumpent (ɪˈrʌmpənt)

—*adj*
	bursting out or (esp of plant parts) developing as though bursting through an overlying structure

[C17: from Latin ērumpere to burst forth, from rumpere to shatter, burst]

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