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succrescent

succrescent adjective: growing out from underneath.

Adjective

succrescent (comparative more succrescent, superlative most succrescent)

  1. Growing out from underneath.
    • but there are many instances in which complete teeth occur in advance of succrescent teeth1874, Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, volume 9

Forms of succrescent

comparativemore succrescent
superlativemost succrescent

Origin of succrescent

From Latin succrescens, present participle of succresco.

Questions about succrescent

What does succrescent mean?
Succrescent means growing out from underneath.
What part of speech is succrescent?
Succrescent is an adjective.

Words near succrescent in the dictionary

  1. succouring
  2. succourless
  3. succours
  4. succous
  5. succrescence
  6. succrescent
  7. succs
  8. succsex
  9. succsexful
  10. succuba
  11. succubae

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