accrescent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈkɹɛsənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
From Latin accrescens, accrescentis, present participle of accrescere, from ad + crescere (“to grow”).
Meanings
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Growing; increasing.
whose living growth is more and more conspicuous , and daily ornamented with new appearances of accrescent variety and alteration
1728, Samuel Shuckford, The Sacred and Profane History of the World:
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Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting.
The fruiting calyx is accrescent, covering all or most of the fruit.
2012, Bean, "A taxonomic revision of the Solanum echinatum group (Solanaceae)", Phytotaxa 57:33–50, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.57.1.6
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more accrescent | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most accrescent | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Relateds
accretive · accrescence · accretional
Translations (3)
ca acrescent (botany) · la accrescens (growing) · pt acrescente (botany)