emergent

  1. Adjective.  emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
  2. Adjective.  (botany) taller than the surrounding vegetation.
  3. Adjective.  (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) having leaves and flowers above the water.
  4. Noun.  (botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grows up and above the water.

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