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up⋅growth

  [uhp-grohth]
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–noun
1. the process of growing up; development: the upgrowth of nuclear science.
2. something that grows or has grown in an upward direction: Part of the pituitary gland is an upgrowth of the roof of the mouth.
Origin:
1835–45; up- + growth
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up·growth   (ŭp'grōth')   
n.  

  1. The process of growing upward.

  2. Upward development.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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