accrescent

adj
/əˈkɹɛsənt/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from accrescens

Definitions

  1. Growing

    Growing; increasing.

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

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