Found 2 items, similar to outgrowth.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: outgrowth outgrowth n 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Outgrowth Outgrowth \Out"growth`\, n. That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence. [1913 Webster]