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supercrescence

supercrescence noun: something that grows on another growing thing; a parasite.

Noun

supercrescence (plural supercrescences)

  1. (obsolete) Something that grows on another growing thing; a parasite.
    • wherever it groweth, it is of constant shape, and maintains a regular figure; like other supercrescences, and such as living upon the stock of others are termed parasitical plants1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of supercrescence

pluralsupercrescences

Origin of supercrescence

See supercrescent.

Questions about supercrescence

What does supercrescence mean?
Supercrescence means something that grows on another growing thing; a parasite.
What part of speech is supercrescence?
Supercrescence is a noun.
What is the plural of supercrescence?
The plural of supercrescence is supercrescences.

Words near supercrescence in the dictionary

  1. supercow
  2. supercows
  3. supercozy
  4. supercrat
  5. supercrats
  6. supercrescence
  7. supercrescences
  8. supercrescent
  9. supercretaceous
  10. supercrime
  11. supercrimes

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