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Definition of outgrowth noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

outgrowth

noun

NAmE//ˈaʊtɡroʊθ//

1(technology) a thing that grows out of something else The eye first appears as a cup-shaped outgrowth from the brain.

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2(formal) a natural development or result of something The law was an outgrowth of the last presidential election.

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