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 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

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

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

Some members of the school evidently though that it might be, but the orthodox opinion was that pleasure was a sort of aftergrowth and that the direct pursuit of it was deleterious to the organism.

From Guide to Stoicism by Stock, St. George William Joseph

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