(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 | (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid |
coming to full development; becoming mature | (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) |
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning. |
| the state of cohering or sticking together |