What is "assurgent"

Assurgent \As*sur"gent\, a. [L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere; ad + surgere to rise.] Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward.
--Gray.

a. 1 Rising or tending to rise. 2 (context botany English) Curving upward. n. (context heraldry English) A man or beast rising out of the sea.

1. adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

2. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"