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

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 Bain, Alexander

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 Race, Joseph

It dawned on him gradually that she was a woman of rich experience, and that her tranquillity was an aftergrowth, a development—"That was in my discontented days," she said once.

From Watersprings by Benson, Arthur Christopher

This is another phase of aftergrowth problem that often causes complaints and can only be eliminated by “blowing off” the mains frequently or by providing circulation by connecting up the “dead ends.”

From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph

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 Frazer, James George, Sir