succrescent

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English

Etymology

From Latin succrescens, present participle of succresco.

Adjective

succrescent (comparative more succrescent, superlative most succrescent)

  1. Growing out from underneath.
    • 1874, Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, volume 9:
      but there are many instances in which complete teeth occur in advance of succrescent teeth

Latin

Verb

succrēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of succrēscō