upgrowth
Americannoun
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the process of growing up; development.
the upgrowth of nuclear science.
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something that grows or has grown in an upward direction.
Part of the pituitary gland is an upgrowth of the roof of the mouth.
noun
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the process of developing or growing upwards
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a result of evolution or growth
Etymology
Origin of upgrowth
Example Sentences
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Bloomingdale's was at Third Avenue and Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Streets, but it was a gradual upgrowth, from a modest beginning upon that original important corner.
From The Romance of a Great Store by Hungerford, Edward
That which ye sow Is it ye who cause its upgrowth, or do we cause it to spring forth?
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Rodwell, J. M. (John Medows)
The mighty upgrowth of nations and the great achievements of history germinated in the nursery of home and at the mother’s breast.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
The middle class which was thus created was reinforced by the upgrowth of a corresponding class in our towns.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard
Its formation as an open upgrowth of the centro-dorsal area, and the fact that it appears and disappears without closing in Argonauta and Octopus, was demonstrated by E. Ray Lankester.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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