emersed

[ ih-murst ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. risen or standing out of water, surrounding leaves, etc.

emersed

/ ɪˈmɜːst /

adjective

1. (of the leaves or stems of aquatic plants) protruding above the surface of the water

Word History and Origins

Origin of emersed¹

1680–90; < Latin ēmersus (past participle of ēmergere to emerge ) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The singer said he's "always had a connection with" country music after growing up emersed in the genre, so after embarking on "a different path," his country music homecoming is a "full-circle thing."

From Fox News

"Someone who is not emersed in politics doesn't think of legislation in terms of clean or dirty," said Rosemary Jenks, who heads government relations for Numbers USA, a group pushing Trump to hold a hard line for immigration restrictions.

From Los Angeles Times

Leaves when submersed elongated, thin, closely sessile by a broad base, when emersed shorter and contracted at base; calyx with broad triangular lobes; style very short; capsules very small.

From Project Gutenberg

Aquatic; immersed leaves 1–3-pinnately dissected into numerous capillary divisions; emersed leaves oblong, entire, serrate, or pinnatifid; pedicels widely spreading; pods ovoid, 1-celled, a little longer than the style.—Lakes and rivers, N. E.

From Project Gutenberg

Resembling P. lucens, but smaller, much branched at base; upper leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, long-petioled and sometimes emersed, the others subsessile, all usually numerous, undulate and shining; peduncle elongated.

From Project Gutenberg