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overgrowths

overgrowths is the plural of overgrowth.

Meaning of overgrowth

Noun

overgrowth (countable and uncountable, plural overgrowths)

  1. A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
    1. A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
      • In desolate places where dank moisture breeds / The pipy Hemlock to strange overgrowth1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 14, line 241
  2. An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
  3. Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.

Questions about overgrowths

What is overgrowths the plural of?
Overgrowths is the plural of overgrowth.

Words near overgrowths in the dictionary

  1. overgrowing
  2. overgrown
  3. overgrownness
  4. overgrows
  5. overgrowth
  6. overgrowths
  7. overguarantee
  8. overguaranteed
  9. overguaranteeing
  10. overguarantees
  11. overguesstimate

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