outgrowth

Definition of Outgrowth in English :

1. branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowth

a natural consequence of development

2. emergence, growth, outgrowth

the gradual beginning or coming forth

Example Sentences:
'figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece'

3. appendage, outgrowth, process

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

Example Sentences:
'a bony process'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Outgrowth

noun

1.

a thing growing out of a main body

2.

a development, result, or consequence

3.

the act of growing out

noun

1.

the act of growing out

2.

a result; consequence; development

3.

that which grows out; offshoot

n.

1. The act or process of growing out.

2. A product of growing out; a projecting part or offshoot: an outgrowth of new shoots on a branch.

3. A result or consequence: Inflation is an outgrowth of war.