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

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

From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.

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

From Cratylus by Jowett, Benjamin

Moses they revered, and his law; but the aftergrowth, priestly and prophetic, they discarded.

From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

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

Swiftly he descended the ridge and, gliding silently into the aftergrowth of spindling saplings that reared their sickly heads among the stumps, gained the rear of the shack.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)