e|rum|pent

e|rum|pent
e|rum|pent «ih RUHM puhnt», adjective.
1. bursting forth.
2. Botany. prominent, as if bursting through the epidermis.
[< Latin ērumpēns, -entis, present participle of ērumpere erupt < ex- out + rumpere burst]

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