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Outgrowth Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Outgrowth has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a natural consequence of development

2

the gradual beginning or coming forth

"figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

3

a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

"a bony process"

4

Anything that grows out of something else.

5

A branch or offshoot of a plant.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
consequence beginning body part
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
rise horn crest pseudopod flagellum hair cirrus spine aculea style villus tail fetlock tentacle arista acromion ala alveolar arch alveolar ridge acrosome caruncle condyle coronoid process epicondyle fimbria apophysis spicule osteophyte papilla appendix mastoid styloid process pterygoid process tuberosity zygomatic process trochanter transverse process odontoid process metaphysis olecranon ridge excrescence plant process
Rhyming Words
wth gawth crwth sowth lowth newth lewth drawth growth slowth blowth strewth upgrowth edgrowth degrowth regrowth ingrowth epigrowth forslowth nongrowth
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