overgrowth
noun
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English growth English overgrowth From over- + growth.
- A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
- A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
“In desolate places where dank moisture breeds / The pipy Hemlock to strange overgrowth”
- An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
- Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.