The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
overgrowth \o"ver*growth`\, n. 1. Excessive growth. [1913 Webster] 2. A growth that has covered somethin over. [PJC]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
overgrowth n 1: excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland [syn: giantism, gigantism, overgrowth] 2: a profusion of growth on or over something else