accrescent

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əˈkɹɛsənt/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Growing; increasing.
    — whose living growth is more and more conspicuous , and daily ornamented with new appearances of accrescent variety and alteration
  2. Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting.
    — The fruiting calyx is accrescent, covering all or most of the fruit.

词形变化

more accrescent comparative most accrescent superlative

词汇关系

相关词
accrescence accretional accretive

词源

From Latin accrescens, accrescentis, present participle of accrescere, from ad + crescere (“to grow”).
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