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"the bony excrescence between its horns"nounsomething that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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noun(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
Definition that contains excrescence
- vegetation an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
- crown gall a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground
- crown wart a fungous disease of alfalfa which forms white excrescences at the base of the stem
- potato wart fungous disease causing dark warty spongy excrescences in the eyes of potato tubers
- black knot disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches