emergent🔊

Coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.

Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.

(especially medicine) Constituting an emergency.

(botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.

(botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.

(video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.

(philosophy, sciences) Having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.

(botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.