| Excrescence (n.) An unnatural development or growth, such as a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an encumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. Thesaurus Entries anaglyph, bellying, boldness, boss, bulging, cameo, cameo glass, cavo-rilievo, cut glass, embossment, eminence, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, glyph, glyptograph, high relief, intaglio, intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, low relief, mask, medal, medallion, plaquette, projection, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, protuberancy, relief, relievo, salience, salient, sculptured glass, tuberosity, tuberousness |