outgrowthnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈaʊt.ɡrəʊθ/us/ˈaʊt.ɡroʊθ/specialized biology a growth on the outside of an animal or plant:
Antlers are the bony outgrowths on the heads of deer.
a result or development:
This policy is just an outgrowth of earlier decisions.
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Parts of plants
- aerial root
- bud
- cambium
- cane
- clove
- corm
- cotyledon
- fig leaf
- frond
- lamina
- leafless
- meristem
- micropyle
- nectary
- organ
- rootstock
- testa
- the treetops
- trunk
- twig
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