3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Outgrowth \Out"growth'\, noun
That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an
excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: outgrowth
noun
1: a natural consequence of development [syn: {branch}, {offshoot},
{offset}]
2: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage
the emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: {emergence}, {growth}]
3: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an
organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn: {process},
{appendage}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 93 Moby Thesaurus words for "outgrowth":
artifact, benign tumor, brainchild, budding, burgeoning,
by-product, callosity, callus, cancer, carcinoma, child, coinage,
composition, concoction, consequence, consequent, corn, corollary,
creation, creature, crowning achievement, cyst, derivation,
derivative, development, distillate, distillation, effect,
end product, essence, event, eventuality, eventuation, excrescence,
extract, fruit, fungosity, fungus, gemmation, germination, growth,
handiwork, harvest, intumescence, invention, issue, legacy,
logical outcome, malignant growth, manufacture, masterpiece,
masterwork, maturation, metastatic tumor, mintage, mole,
morbid growth, neoplasm, nevus, new mintage, nonmalignant tumor,
offshoot, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome,
overgrowth, precipitate, procreation, product, production,
proud flesh, pullulation, reproduction, result, resultant, sarcoma,
sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, side issue, sprouting, tumor,
upgrowth, upshot, vegetation, verruca, wart, wen, work
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