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Meaning of outgrowth

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  outgrowth
      n 1: a natural consequence of development [syn: {outgrowth},
           {branch}, {offshoot}, {offset}]
      2: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the
         emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: {emergence},
         {outgrowth}, {growth}]
      3: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an
         organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn:
         {process}, {outgrowth}, {appendage}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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