accrescent

== English == === Etymology === From Latin accrescens, accrescentis, present participle of accrescere, from ad + crescere (“to grow”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkɹɛsənt/ Rhymes: -ɛsənt === Adjective === accrescent (comparative more accrescent, superlative most accrescent) Growing; increasing. (botany) Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting. 2012, Bean, "A taxonomic revision of the Solanum echinatum group (Solanaceae)", Phytotaxa 57:33–50, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.57.1.6 The fruiting calyx is accrescent, covering all or most of the fruit. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.kʁɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /a.kʁe.sɑ̃/ === Adjective === accrescent (feminine accrescente, masculine plural accrescents, feminine plural accrescentes) (botany) accrescent === Further reading === “accrescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === accrēscent third-person plural future active indicative of accrēscō