Definitions for second growth

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sec′ond growth′(n.)

  1. the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.

Origin of second growth:

1820–30

Princeton's WordNet

  1. second growth(noun)

    a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting


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