Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A second growth or crop springing up after a previous one has been removed; hence, any development naturally arising after any change, social or moral.
  • noun In forestry, young trees which spring up as the result of reproduction-cuttings.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
  • noun figuratively Any abstraction of the above.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

after- +‎ growth

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