overgrowth

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   excessive, abnormal, or uncontrolled growth in size, amount, or number

   Rapid urban overgrowth strained the city's transport and water systems.

2. 2
   noun

   a dense growth of plants or other material that covers a surface or area

   Workers cleared the overgrowth that had hidden the old stone path.

A compound of over- ('excessive; covering') + growth. It can describe both growth beyond a normal limit and vegetation or other material that has grown over something.

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