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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. growing together, fusing;
- Example: "coalescent tradititions"
- Example: "coalescent bones"
[syn: coalescent, coalescing]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coalescent \Co`a*les"cent\, a. [L. coalescens, p. pr.]
   Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of
   similar parts; uniting.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

coalescent
    adj 1: growing together, fusing; "coalescent tradititions";
           "coalescent bones" [syn: coalescent, coalescing]