n (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
n a progression from simpler to more complex forms
the growth of culture
n a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
the growth of population
n vegetation that has grown
a growth of trees the only growth was some salt grass
n the gradual beginning or coming forth
n (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)