out-growth

out·growth

[out-grohth]
noun
1.
a natural development, product, or result: to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.
2.
an additional, supplementary result.
3.
a growing out or forth.
4.
something that grows out; offshoot; excrescence.

Origin:
1830–40; out- + growth

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outgrowth (ˈaʊtˌɡrəʊθ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a thing growing out of a main body
2.  a development, result, or consequence
3.  the act of growing out

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