Can you pronounce erumpent?
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adjective 1. (Biology) Bursting forth or through a surface.

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "The rising temperatures triggered the flowers' erumpent activity."
Play Button "The blossoms were erumpent on the trees."
Play Button "Seemingly overnight, the fruit trees became erumpent."
Latin, mid-17th century
Why This Word?
This adjective comes from the Latin "ērumpĕre," with "ē" meaning "out" and "rumpĕre" meaning "to burst forth." "Erumpent" is used almost exclusively in a biological sense to talk about plants and fungi bursting through the ground or through a surface. ...
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