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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a natural consequence of development;
[syn: outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset]

2. the gradual beginning or coming forth;
- Example: "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
[syn: emergence, outgrowth, growth]

3. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;
- Example: "a bony process"
[syn: process, outgrowth, appendage]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outgrowth \Out"growth`\, n.
   That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an
   excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

outgrowth
    n 1: a natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth,
         branch, offshoot, offset]
    2: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the
       emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: emergence,
       outgrowth, growth]
    3: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an
       organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn:
       process, outgrowth, appendage]