(n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body or on a plant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
| APA | Webster's. (2011). excrescence. Retrieved September 25, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/excrescence/definitions/2005710 |
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| MLA | Webster's. "excrescence" 27 May 2011. Web. 25 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/excrescence/definitions/2005710> |