REGROW

regrow

(verb) grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption; “parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow”; “some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

regrow (third-person singular simple present regrows, present participle regrowing, simple past regrew, past participle regrown)

To grow again a part that has been lost, shed or destroyed.

Anagrams

• grower

Source: Wiktionary


Re*grow" (r*gr"), v. i. & t.

Definition: To grow again. The snail had power to regrow them all [horns, tongue, etc.] A. B. Buckley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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23 December 2024

QUANDONG

(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit


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