Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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growth | Yes | No | No | No |
outgrowth | Yes | No | No | No |
growth (noun) | outgrowth (noun) |
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the gradual beginning or coming forth | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
vegetation that has grown | the gradual beginning or coming forth |
something grown or growing | a natural consequence of development |
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | |
a progression from simpler to more complex forms | |
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | |
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |