Associations to the word «Outgrowth»

Wiktionary

OUTGROWTH, noun. Anything that grows out of something else.
OUTGROWTH, noun. A branch or offshoot of a plant.
OUTGROWTH, noun. An appendage of an animal.
OUTGROWTH, noun. A byproduct or consequence of an action or event.

Dictionary definition

OUTGROWTH, noun. A natural consequence of development.
OUTGROWTH, noun. The gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece".
OUTGROWTH, noun. A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process".

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle