Heather has been overgrowing native plants.
Source: tatoeba (10860970)
Overgrowing
Synonyms for "overgrowing" (16 found)
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Noun(4 words)
Related words (8)
Noun(8 words)
overrunoverspreadpathological overgrowthpredominantproliferatingproliferationspreaduncontrolled proliferation
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15 entriescreepencroachlateral expansionleaf overgrowthneoplastic growthoverspreadrapid growthroot overgrowthspreadsurface coveragetissue hypertrophytissue overgrowthunchecked growthvascular overgrowthvegetation overgrowth
Collocations
10 entriesovergrowing canopyovergrowing fungiovergrowing ivyovergrowing mossovergrowing rootsovergrowing vegetationovergrowing vinesplant overgrowingrapid overgrowingtissue overgrowing
Inflections
6 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Here, heather is considered a weed as it's overgrowing native plants.
Source: tatoeba (10860971)
Some of the castles are in ruins and are almost hidden by the overgrowing ivy.
Source: tatoeba (11734233)