1. something that develops or results from something else
2. a natural growth or projection from something
Usage: often biological

Examples

• The new policy was an outgrowth of months of careful planning.
• Her success was a natural outgrowth of years of hard work.
• The committee formed as an outgrowth of community concerns about safety.
• The coral reef showed strange outgrowths along its edges.
• His charitable foundation was an outgrowth of his personal experiences with poverty.
• The tumor appeared as an abnormal outgrowth of tissue.
• The movement was an outgrowth of student protests in the 1960s.