Crescentia, a Latin word meaning growth, can refer to: Crescentia, a genus of trees in the family Bignoniaceae Saint Crescentia, female martyr with Saint Vitus whose nurse she had been Crescentia (romance), an Old High German chivalric romance The Crescentia cycle, a grouping of romances similar in plot to the original Crescentia, including such works as Le Bone Florence of Rome 660 Crescentia, asteroid