outgrowth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: outgrowth	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for outgrowth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outgrowth n a natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset] the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" Synonym(s): emergence, outgrowth, growth a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" Synonym(s): process, outgrowth, appendage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Outgrowth \Out"growth`\, n. That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.