excrescence
/ɪkˈskrɛsəns/
noun
- An abnormal or ugly outgrowth on a plant, animal, or object.
- The old iron gate was covered in rust and strange metallic excrescences.
- The tree had a large, knobby excrescence on its trunk where a branch had been damaged.
- The doctor removed a small excrescence from the patient's skin during the checkup.
- Something that has grown or developed in an unwanted or unpleasant way, especially as an addition to something else.
- The new shopping mall was an ugly excrescence on the historic town square.
- The committee saw the proposed amendment as an excrescence that would ruin the original law.
- The artist considered the modern extension to the cathedral a tasteless excrescence.
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