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excrescent

How many syllables in excrescent?

  3 syllables

Divide excrescent into syllables:   ex-cres-cent
Stressed syllable in excrescent:   ex-cres-cent
How to pronounce excrescent:   ik-skres-ent
How to say excrescent:

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What rhymes with excrescent

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