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Definition of Overgrowths
1. overgrowth [n] - See also: overgrowth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overgrowths
Literary usage of Overgrowths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"Intergrowths and overgrowths of the same Mineral.—In all the mixed or associated
growths considered above, the features are much the same ; two compounds ..."
2. The Eclectic Practice of Medicine by Rolla L. Thomas (1906)
"FATTY overgrowths. This is frequently the result of general obesity and may
completely envelop the heart, sometimes the layers of adipose tissue being an ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"Before passing I wish once more to call attention to the italicized names, and
to urge all students of overgrowths to read Dr. Loeb's book, ..."
4. The Industries of Russia by Russia Ministerstvo finansov, John Martin Crawford, World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
"Real forests, or to speak more accurately, forest overgrowths, ... The bush and
furze overgrowths, which are found here and there along the banks of rivers, ..."
5. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ...: General index to the by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1879)
"The most persistent overgrowths observed were southernwood and camelthorn, ...
The following were the trees and overgrowths seen in the various localities. ..."
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