concrescent, a.
(kənˈkrɛsənt)
[ad. L. concrescent-, -ens, pres. pple. of concrescere; cf. concrescence.]
Growing together.
| 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 191/1 A single male flower consists of an axis enclosed at the base by an inconspicuous perianth formed of two concrescent leaves and terminating in two. 1951 R. Firth Elem. Social Organiz. i. 18 If the underlying activity of nature is a system of interlocking concrescent processes..then human activity partakes of the same general character. |