overgrowth

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else. countable,uncountable
  2. A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.; A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles. countable,uncountable
    — In desolate places where dank moisture breeds / The pipy Hemlock to strange overgrowth
  3. An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes. countable,uncountable
  4. Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. countable,uncountable

词形变化

overgrowths plural

词汇关系

近义词
hyperplasia hypertrophy gigantism
反义词
undergrowth

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English growth
English overgrowth
From over- + growth.
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