Ac‐cres″cent (–sent), a. [L. accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of accrescere; ad + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]
1. Growing; increasing. Shuckford.
2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. Gray.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.