ex·cres·cence
noun/ɪkˈskresns/
/ɪkˈskresns/
(formal)- an ugly part that has grown on a part of an animal’s body or on a plant, caused by disease or abnormality
赘生物；赘疣；瘤 - A hard, bony excrescence was visible above one of the animal’s hooves.
在动物的一只蹄子上方可以看到一个坚硬的骨赘。 - (figurative) The new office block is an excrescence (= it is very ugly).
这座新办公楼很是煞风景。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin excrescentia, from excrescere ‘grow out’, from ex- ‘out’ + crescere ‘grow’. - A hard, bony excrescence was visible above one of the animal’s hooves.