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Overgrowth

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a profusion of growth on or over something else wordnet
  3. 3
    A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.; A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles. countable, uncountable

    "In desolate places where dank moisture breeds / The pipy Hemlock to strange overgrowth"

  4. 4
    excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland wordnet
  5. 5
    An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From over- + growth.

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