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Overgrowth

noun

Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. Synonyms: giantism, gigantism.

A profusion of growth on or over something else.

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"Overgrowth" Quotes from Famous Books

... conversation continued, they reached the shoaly inlet under the flower-laden beech. They felt a coolness from the shady overgrowth penetrate their very bones. The decaying vegetation and the withered aquatic chestnut plants on the sand-bank enhanced, to a greater degree, the ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin

... bending over hills and peaks and terraces swimming in violet shadows; villas, and sudden views, and arching pianterreni, and winding roads between low stone walls hidden in their riotous overgrowth of roses! And the soft air, the tall black cypresses against the sky, the sunsets and the stars, and golden lights, and dear Italian phrases! The trailing ivy vines all in a tangle; the wayside shrine, ...

— The Brownings - Their Life and Art • Lilian Whiting

Words linked to "Overgrowth" : profuseness, richness, cornucopia, hyperpituitarism, hypertrophy, profusion