Accrescent

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  accrescent \ac*cres"cent\ ([a^]k*kr[e^]s"sent), a. [L.
     accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of accrescere; ad + crescere to
     grow. See {Crescent}.]
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     1. Growing; increasing. --Shuckford.
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     2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. --Gray.
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