accreting

Variant of accrete

intransitive verb accreted, accreting

  1. to grow by being added to
  2. to grow together; adhere

Origin: < L accretus, pp. of accrescere: see accretion

transitive verb

to cause to adhere or unite (to)

adjective

Bot. grown together
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