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

Example Sentences

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aftergrowth

"I fed them myself," answered uncle Nathan, patting a white star on the forehead of the nearest animal, as he lay upon his knees half buried in the rich aftergrowth.

From The Old Homestead by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

At Denver, where the aftergrowth trouble is possibly more acute than at any other city on the continent, it was effectively banished by the use of chloramine.

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

To pursue the further traces of the influence of Chaucer through such a literary aftergrowth as the younger Fletchers, into the early poems of Milton, would be beyond the purpose of the present essay.

From Chaucer by Sir Adolphus William Ward

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

From Olive A Novel by G. Bowers