English-Finnish translations for accrescent

Definition of accrescent

• Growing; increasing
• Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting

Examples

• The fruiting calyx is accrescent, covering all or most of the fruit.
• Bean (2012) "A taxonomic revision of the Solanum echinatum group (Solanaceae)", Phytotaxa 57:33–50, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.57.1.6

Related words

• accredit
• accreditation
• accretion
• accrete
• accrediting
• accredited
• accretive
• accrementition
• accrescence