Entry Word: outgrowth

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a branch of a main stem especially of a plant <trimmed back some of the tree's outgrowths so they wouldn't interfere with power lines> — see offshoot 1
2 a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause <a predictable outgrowth of the suburbʼs ever growing population will be the need for more schools> — see effect 1
3 something that naturally develops or is developed from something else <an industry that is an outgrowth of the technology first developed for the U.S. space program> — see derivative