succrescent

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adjective

Growing out from underneath.

OriginLatin succrescens →
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Meanings

adjectivesuccrescent (comparative more succrescent, superlative most succrescent)

comparative more succrescent · superlative most succrescent

  1. Growing out from underneath.

    but there are many instances in which complete teeth occur in advance of succrescent teeth

    1874, Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, volume 9

Origin

  1. Latinsuccrescens
  2. Englishsuccrescent

From Latin succrescens, present participle of succresco.

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APA

succrescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succrescent

MLA

“succrescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succrescent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “succrescent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succrescent.

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