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supercrescent

supercrescent adjective: growing on some other growing thing.

Adjective

supercrescent (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Growing on some other growing thing.
    • consume or diminish the supercrescent or overgrown Flesh1732, George Smith, Institutiones Chirurgicæ: or, Principles of Surgery

Origin of supercrescent

From Latin supercrescens, present participle of supercrescere.

Words that rhyme with supercrescent

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Questions about supercrescent

What does supercrescent mean?
Supercrescent means growing on some other growing thing.
What part of speech is supercrescent?
Supercrescent is an adjective.

Words near supercrescent in the dictionary

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

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