Home › Words › C › crescographcrescographcrescograph means A device for measuring growth in plants.EtymologyLatin crēscō (“to grow”) + -graphnounA device for measuring growth in plants.e.g.“For the detection of variation of growth it was necessary to devise the extremely sensitive balanced crescograph.” — 1920 February 7, Scientific American Monthly, page 120:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.crescographic 80% match — Of or relating to the crescograph. vs crescograph →dendrograph 67% match — An instrument for measuring the growth of trees. vs crescograph →auxanometer 66% match — An instrument to measure the growth of plants. vs crescograph →cratometer 61% match — A device for measuring magnifying power. vs crescograph →clinostat 59% match — A rotating device that is used to investigate gravitropism in plants. vs crescograph →crescence 58% match — increase; enlargement or growth vs crescograph →craniometer 57% match — A device used to measure the size of the skull. vs crescograph →oncograph 57% match — An instrument for registering the changes observable with an oncometer. vs crescograph →