outgrowth
/ˈaʊtˌɡroʊθ/
outgrowth noun: a branch or offshoot of a plant.
Noun
outgrowth (countable and uncountable, plural outgrowths)
outgrowth meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
outgrowth in Tamil
- வளரி, வெளிமுளை
outgrowth in Bengali
- বাহিরের বৃদ্ধি, বিকাশ
outgrowth in Malayalam
- മാംസത്തിലുണ്ടാകുന്ന വളർച്ച, മുഴ, ശാഖ, ഫലം
Examples of outgrowth in a sentence
- (uncountable, by extension) The collection or mass of such outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
- The New Left was as much an outgrowth of the antirational as the culture it had rejected.
- The Galois theory of noncommutative rings is a natural outgrowth of the Galois theory of fields.
Forms of outgrowth
| plural | outgrowths |
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Origin of outgrowth
From out- + growth.
Words formed from outgrowth
- neurite outgrowth
- neuronal outgrowth
Questions about outgrowth
- What does outgrowth mean?
- Outgrowth means a branch or offshoot of a plant.
- What is outgrowth in Tamil?
- Outgrowth in Tamil is வளரி, வெளிமுளை. See Outgrowth meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is outgrowth?
- Outgrowth is a noun.
- How do you pronounce outgrowth?
- Outgrowth is pronounced /ˈaʊtˌɡroʊθ/.
- What is the plural of outgrowth?
- The plural of outgrowth is outgrowths.
Words near outgrowth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: outgrowth (page history and authors); outgrowth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outgrowth (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outgrowth (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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