Outgrowth Definition & Meaning

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

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