outgrowth

1 a natural consequence of development [syn: branch, offshoot, offset]

2 the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: emergence, growth]

3 a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn: process, appendage]

English

Noun

1. Anything that grows out of something else
   1. A branch or offshoot of a plant
   2. An appendage of an animal
   3. A byproduct or consequence of an action or event

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