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  1. 1. n. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. a progression from simpler to more complex forms Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. vegetation that has grown Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. the gradual beginning or coming forth Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. something grown or growing Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. Shak. 2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. Nature multiplies her fertile growth. Milton. Source: webster
  11. 11. n:100 n. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level n. a progression from simpler to more complex forms n. vegetation that has grown n. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) Source: ecdict

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