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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.