Bible Dictionaries
Excrescence
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Excrescence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/excrescence.html. 1828.