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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excrescent \Ex*cres"cent\, a. [L. excresens -entis, p. pr of
excrescere to grow out ex out + crescere to grow. See
{Crescent}.]
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a
superfluity.
Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts --Pope.
{Excrescent letter} (Philol.), a letter which has been added
to a root; as the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent
letter.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
excrescent
adj : forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
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