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supercrescences

supercrescences is the plural of supercrescence.

Meaning of supercrescence

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

Questions about supercrescences

What is supercrescences the plural of?
Supercrescences is the plural of supercrescence.

Words near supercrescences in the dictionary

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

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