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

Alike ignorant of the aftergrowth of health, strength, and beauty which time and circumstances had developed in the Mary of my youthful days, we had alike completely and unconsciously misled one another.

From The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie

This is the condition that usually obtains in practice and it is necessary to consider whether the aftergrowth may have any sanitary significance.

From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph

Into their first creation we have ceased to enquire: it is their aftergrowth with which we are now concerned.

From Cratylus by Jowett, Benjamin

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

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