Accrescent

//əˈkɹɛsənt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Growing; increasing.

    "whose living growth is more and more conspicuous , and daily ornamented with new appearances of accrescent variety and alteration"

  2. 2
    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."

Example

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"whose living growth is more and more conspicuous , and daily ornamented with new appearances of accrescent variety and alteration"

Etymology

From Latin accrescens, accrescentis, present participle of accrescere, from ad + crescere (“to grow”).

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