overgrowth
American Heritage Dictionary:
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o·ver·growth
(ō'vər-grōth') 
n.
A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else: an overgrowth of ivy on the old house.
n.
A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else: an overgrowth of ivy on the old house.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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overgrowth
- excessive growth; hyperplasia.
- a later but more vigorous growth by another strain or species of organism that supplants one already existing.
| ovary, ovarian hormone, ovalocytosis | |
| overlap peptide, overlapping code, overlapping gene |
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