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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King