"excrescential" meaning in All languages combined

See excrescential on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more excrescential [comparative], most excrescential [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} excrescential (comparative more excrescential, superlative most excrescential)
  1. Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.
    Sense id: en-excrescential-en-adj-OF7h5qu1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "1910, George Bernard Shaw, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets:",
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          "ref": "1996, David H. Lane, The Phenomenon of Teilhard:",
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