excrescencenoun [ C ]
uk/ekˈskres.əns/us/ekˈskres.əns/formal an unusual growth on an animal or one of its organs or on a plant
literary something considered to be very ugly:
The new office development is an excrescence on the face of the city.
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Plant pathology
- auxin
- blight
- canker
- dry rot
- Dutch elm disease
- etiolated
- fungicide
- herbicide
- insecticide
- node
- organophosphate
- pesticide
- rust
- scab
- sterility
- wither
- worm-eaten
- wormhole
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Swellings & lumps
Not attractive to look at