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

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

"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 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

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

Vabres was a bishopric which came into being as an aftergrowth of a Benedictine foundation of the ninth century, though its episcopal functions only began in 1318, and ceased with the Revolutionary suppression.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)