adj.
Increasing in size after flowering, as the calyx of the ground cherry.
[Latin accrēscēns, accrēscent-, present participle of accrēscere, to grow. See accrue.]
accrescent
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ac·cres·cent (ə-krĕs'ənt) 
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adj.
Increasing in size after flowering, as the calyx of the ground cherry.
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