emersed

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e·mersed

 (ĭ-mûrst′)
adj. Botany
Rising above the surface of water: emersed aquatic plants.

[From Latin ēmersus; see emersion.]
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emersed

(ɪˈmɜːst)
adj
(Botany) (of the leaves or stems of aquatic plants) protruding above the surface of the water
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e•mersed

(ɪˈmɜrst)

adj.
(of a plant) rising or standing out of water, surrounding leaves, etc.
[1680–90; < Latin ēmersus (see emersion)]
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