# overgrowth

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #51,895

## Definitions
1. A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
2. A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
3. An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
4. Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.

## Etymology
From over- + growth.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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