Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supercrescence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-cres-cence
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that grows on another growing thing; a parasite.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"wherever it groweth, it is of constant shape, and maintains a regular figure; like other supercrescences, and such as living upon the stock of others are termed parasitical plants"

Etymology

See supercrescent.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

supercrescences (plural)

Questions

What does supercrescence mean?: Something that grows on another growing thing; a parasite.
Where does supercrescence come from?: See supercrescent.

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