succrescent
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin succrescens, present participle of succresco.
Adjective
[edit]succrescent (comparative more succrescent, superlative most succrescent)
- Growing out from underneath.
- 1874, Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History[1], volume 9:
- but there are many instances in which complete teeth occur in advance of succrescent teeth
Related terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]succrēscent