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SUBMERSED: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  sub'murst

Matching Terms:  submerse, submersed plants

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (biology) growing or remaining under water; "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves"
  2. [adj]  beneath the surface of the water; "submerged rocks"
 
 Synonyms: aquatic, subaquatic, subaqueous, submerged, subsurface, underwater
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sub*mersed"\, a. [L. submersus, p. p. of submergere.
See {Submerge}.]
Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic
plants.
 

 

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