Associations to the word «Overgrowth»

Wiktionary

OVERGROWTH, noun. A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else. A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
OVERGROWTH, noun. An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
OVERGROWTH, noun. Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.

Dictionary definition

OVERGROWTH, noun. Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
OVERGROWTH, noun. A profusion of growth on or over something else.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus