ingrown

 
Pronunciation: /ˈɪngrəʊn/

adjective

  • 1growing or having grown within; innate: as ingrown habit would have dictated
  • (of a toenail) having grown into the flesh.
  • inward-looking: a clubby, ingrown world in which everybody knows everybody
  • 2 Geology (of an incised meander) asymmetric in cross section due to lateral erosion.