The Clue
Sproutings (7 letter answer)
The Answer
GROWTHS
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Notes
The answer GROWTHS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Warts and such
Progressions
Definition
GROWTH as a noun:
1. (growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis) = (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
2. a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"
3. (increase, increment, growth) = a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
4. vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"
5. (emergence, outgrowth, growth) = the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
6. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
7. something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"