Sunday, November 24, 2013

Erumpent























Erumpent – bursting through or as if through a surface or covering; tending to grow out vigorously from a substrate so as to burst through or rise above its surface; prominent; projecting from or bursting through host tissue; breaking forth.

(Hat-tip, Ele Ludmann)

I'm looking at a tin-bath filled with erumpent Japanese knotweed. It's a beautiful sight.

2 comments:

  1. Oh this is even better...plants AND special words!!...this one is nearly as good as "craplings" :)
    What do you use the Japanese knotweed for?

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  2. It's edible, but mostly I use it to terrify pest-plant officers.

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