[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

outgrowth \out"growth`\, n.
   that which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an
   excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

outgrowth
     n 1: a natural consequence of development syn: branch, offshoot,
           offset
     2: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage
        the emergence of sculpture in greece" syn: emergence, growth
     3: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an
        organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" syn: process,
         appendage
see also:
branch offshoot offset emergence growth process 
appendage 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

93 moby thesaurus words for "outgrowth":
   artifact, benign tumor, brainchild, budding, burgeoning,
   by-product, callosity, callus, cancer, carcinoma, child, coinage,
   composition, concoction, consequence, consequent, corn, corollary,
   creation, creature, crowning achievement, cyst, derivation,
   derivative, development, distillate, distillation, effect,
   end product, essence, event, eventuality, eventuation, excrescence,
   extract, fruit, fungosity, fungus, gemmation, germination, growth,
   handiwork, harvest, intumescence, invention, issue, legacy,
   logical outcome, malignant growth, manufacture, masterpiece,
   masterwork, maturation, metastatic tumor, mintage, mole,
   morbid growth, neoplasm, nevus, new mintage, nonmalignant tumor,
   offshoot, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome,
   overgrowth, precipitate, procreation, product, production,
   proud flesh, pullulation, reproduction, result, resultant, sarcoma,
   sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, side issue, sprouting, tumor,
   upgrowth, upshot, vegetation, verruca, wart, wen, work

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