Growing, increasing, or tending to grow; in botany, continuing to grow after flowering and fruiting.
From Latin 'accrescent-' (present participle of 'accrescere', to grow), the suffix '-ent' creates an adjective indicating ongoing action or tendency, similar to 'nascent' (being born) or 'senescent' (aging).
Botanists use this word for plants that keep growing after they've already flowered and made seeds—like some cacti that produce new segments year after year, defying the expectation that growth stops when reproduction begins.
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