accrescent

a. 成长的, 增大的

发音

US
UK /əˈkɹɛsənt/

词形变化

more accrescent 比较级 most accrescent 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Growing; increasing.

  2. 2.

    Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting.

    生物 植物学

    The fruiting calyx is accrescent, covering all or most of the fruit.

词源

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

来源：wiktionary