Excrescence
Excrescence , noun
[French excrescence, excroissanse, Latin excrescentia excrescences, neut. plural of present participle of excrescere. See Excrescent.]
An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant.
Excrescences of joy.
The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy.