emersed

American  

[ih-murst] / ɪˈmɜrst /

adjective

Botany.

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

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emersed British  

/ ɪˈmɜːst /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of emersed

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

Example Sentences

This process is no less than the electrolitic deposition of rubber globules on molds, emersed in an emulsified rubber solution through which an electric current is passed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Floating and emersed leaves centrally peltate — 2. 1b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

I went ahead with blankets and the hatchet and cut a hole in the ice, and the driver carried her and emersed her feet in water 15 inches deep.

From The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail by Ryus, William H.

Submerged leaves linear, emersed and floating leaves obovate Water Starwort, Callitriche palustris.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

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 The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa