Of, relating to, or characterized by concrescence; tending to grow or come together into unified form.
From Latin 'concrescere' with the suffix '-ive' (tending to). A rare philosophical and biological term appearing in specialized academic texts.
The 'concrescive' nature of ecosystems—how organisms co-evolve into interdependent networks—challenges the idea that nature is fundamentally competitive rather than fundamentally collaborative.
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