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Webster 1913 Edition


Supercrescence

Suˊper-cres′cence

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Noun.
That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Supercrescence

SUPERCRES'CENCE

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Noun.
[L. super and crescens.] That which grows upon another growing thing.

Definition 2024


supercrescence

supercrescence

English

Noun

supercrescence (plural supercrescences)

  1. (obsolete) That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)