Excrescence (noun)
eks-kres-ens / eks-kree-sens
An abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body. / a normal outgrowth, as hair or horns. / any disfiguring addition.
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; from Latin excrēscentia; excrescent, -ence
Example sentences
“The bad weather had caused excrescence on the fruit, although it was all still edible. ”
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