overgrowth
English
noun
Definitions
- A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else. A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
- An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
- Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
Etymology
Prefix from English growth.
Origin
English
growth
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftergrowth English
- antigrowth English
- degrowth English
- edgrowth English
- epigrowth English
- grow English
- growth English
- growthful English
- growthism English
- growthist English
- growthless English
- growthwise English
- growthy English
- hypergrowth English
- ingrowth English
- intergrowth English
- macrogrowth English
- megagrowth English
- microgrowth English
- misgrowth English
- nongrowth English
- outgrowth English
- postgrowth English
- regrowth English
- supergrowth English
- undergrowth English
- upgrowth English
- *gʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European