Definitions of outgrowth [ˈaʊtˌgroʊθ]

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Definition of 'outgrowth'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) outgrowth
a natural development or result.

2. outgrowth
an additional, supplementary result.

Etymology: (1830–40)

Definition of 'outgrowth'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset
a natural consequence of development

2. (noun) emergence, outgrowth, growth
the gradual beginning or coming forth
"figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

3. (noun) process, outgrowth, appendage
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
"a bony process"

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