outgrowth (n.)

  1. a natural consequence of development

    [ Syn: branch , offshoot , offset ]

  2. the gradual beginning or coming forth; figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece

    [ Syn: emergence , growth ]

  3. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; a bony process

    [ Syn: process , appendage ]

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