begrownadj.
/bɪˈɡrəʊn/ Grown over with, covered with a growth.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > overgrown or covered with growth
rooteda1200
begrowna1250
overrooted1587
overgrown1627
the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > be covered with vegetation [verb (intransitive)]
begrowna1250
to be grown about1488
to be grown up1748
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > with or as with a growth
begrowna1250
through-waxenc1275
overgrowna1450
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 27 Mid ivi al bi-growe.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 358 Of Timolus which was begrowe With vines.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. T.iij Ouer all begrowen with snakes.
1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 34 210 Land begrown with trees.
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