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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;


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