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Webster 1913 Edition


overgrowth

o′ver-growthˊ

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Noun.
1.
Excessive growth.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overgrowth

OVERGROWTH

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Noun.
Exuberant or excessive growth.

Definition 2024


overgrowth

overgrowth

English

Noun

overgrowth (plural overgrowths)

  1. A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else. A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
  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.

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