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accrescent

accrescent \ac*cres"cent\ ([a^]k*kr[e^]s"sent), a. [L. accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of accrescere; ad + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]

  1. Growing; increasing.
    --Shuckford.

  2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering.
    --Gray.

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accrescent

a. 1 Growing; increasing. 2 (context botany English) Growing larger after flowering.