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Noun: outgrowth  'awt,growth
  1. A natural consequence of development
    "The new social media platform was an outgrowth of the original website";
    - branch, offshoot, offset
     
  2. A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
    "a bony outgrowth";
    - process, appendage
     
  3. The gradual beginning or coming forth
    "The environmental movement was an outgrowth of increased awareness";
    - emergence, growth

Derived forms: outgrowths

Type of: beginning, body part, consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot