accrescent /əˈkɹɛsənt/ adjective2 •Growing; increasing.whose living growth is more and more conspicuous , and daily ornamented with new appearances of accrescent variety and alteration — 1728 •Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting.The fruiting calyx is accrescent, covering all or most of the fruit. — 2012 formsmore accrescent · most accrescent