outgrowth Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a natural consequence of development
    offshoot; branch; offset.
  2. noun the gradual beginning or coming forth
    emergence; growth.
    • figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
  3. noun a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
    process; appendage.
    • a bony process

WordNet


Out"growth` noun
Definitions
  1. That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

Webster 1913