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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   outgrowth
       n 1: a natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth,
            branch, offshoot, offset]
       2: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the
          emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: emergence,
          outgrowth, growth]
       3: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an
          organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn:
          process, outgrowth, appendage]