Definition of accrescent

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ac·cres·cent

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ADJECTIVE:

Increasing in size after flowering, as the calyx of the ground cherry.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin accrscns, accrscent- present participle of accrscere, to grow ; see accrue

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