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excrescent (adjective)
1. Added to or growing out unnecessarily.
2. Growing out abnormally, excessively, or superfluously.
3. In biology, relating to outgrowth; such as, relating to or like an outgrowth on an organism.
4. Denoting, relating to, or resembling an abnormal outgrowth.
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