aftergrowth

American  

[af-ter-grohth, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌgroʊθ, ˈɑf- /

noun

1. a second growth, as of crops or timber, after one harvesting, cutting, etc.; second crop.

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Etymology

Origin of aftergrowth

First recorded in 1810–20; after + growth

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Example Sentences

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aftergrowth

The most important advantage of the process is the elimination of the aftergrowth problem.

From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race

But if we suppose that the Greek myth started with a single personification, the aftergrowth of a second personification may perhaps be explained as follows.

From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer

The resultant aftergrowth must necessarily be almost entirely composed of spore-bearing organisms.

From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race

It was important to distinguish the feeble and obscure elements from the powerful and brilliant aftergrowth; which indeed was fully realized only in chosen minds, and in them, hardly before old age.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain

But from such a wrecked and blasted soil what aftergrowth could ever spring?

From Olive A Novel by G. Bowers

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