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Emergent
/ɪ.ˈmɜː.dʒənt/
A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.
📖 Definitions of "Emergent"
noun
- 1
A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.
adjective
- 1
Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- 2
Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.
- 3
Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
- 4
(of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
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