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Overgrowth

noun

Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. Synonyms: giantism, gigantism.

A profusion of growth on or over something else.

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"Overgrowth" Quotes from Famous Books

... he would find it here. He asked the way, to be directed to a corner of the churchyard from which a track led to the shore. To their surprise, this path proved to be a partially dry watercourse which, as it wound in a downward direction, was presently quite shut in by an overgrowth of bushes. Mavis, sorry to lose the sunlight, if only for a few minutes, was yet pleased at exploring this mysterious waterway. Now and again, where the water had collected in wide pools, she had, with Perigal's assistance, to make use of stepping stones, ...

— Sparrows - The Story of an Unprotected Girl • Horace W. C. Newte

... was in effectual repair, and the reservoir filled by the rains, the water must have been thrown back along the basin of the valley for at least fifteen miles. It is difficult now to determine the precise distances, as the overgrowth of wood and jungle has obliterated all lines left by the original level of the lake at its junction with the forest. Even when we rode along it, the centre of the tank was deeply submerged, so that notwithstanding the partial escape, the water still covered an area of ten miles in diameter. ...

— Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon • J. Emerson Tennent

... though the place had been swept by a prehistoric fire. They were in one of the twists and turns of the rocky defile, and it was a rocky pass, with no trees or grass growing except near the top, and these appeared to be a sort of overgrowth from the grass and foliage growing ...

— The Boy Ranchers on the Trail • Willard F. Baker

Words linked to "Overgrowth" : hypertrophy, giantism, hyperpituitarism, cornucopia, profusion, profuseness, richness