CONCRESCENCE


Meaning of CONCRESCENCE in English

[ kən'krɛs(ə)ns ]

■ noun Biology the coalescence or growing together of separate parts.

Derivatives

concrescent adjective

Origin

C17: from con- + -crescence , on the pattern of words such as excrescence .

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