aftergrowth
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
aftergrowth (plural aftergrowths)
- A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
- (figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
- 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 211:
- If we suppose that the Greek myth started with a single personification, the aftergrowth of a second personification may perhaps be explained as follows.
Translations[edit]
second growth, seen in plants
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second growth, figuratively
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