new growth
Recently emerged vegetation
New growth refers to the fresh shoots, leaves, or tissue that emerge from plants, trees, or other organisms—typically tender and lighter in color than mature growth: Prune back the new growth in spring.
The term extends to economic or urban development: new growth in the suburbs, new growth sectors of the economy.
In medicine, new growth is a clinical term for a tumor or abnormal tissue formation.
- sproutNew plant emergence
- seedlingRecently sprouted young plant
- shootDischarge or capture
- budUnopened plant growth
- tendrilCoiling plant appendage
sapling · baby steps · green · fresh · green shoots · emerging · unfurling · coming alive · regeneration · fresh start · foliage · leaves · spring · bloom · flourish · verdant · tender · young
- plant phenologybudding, blooming, flowering, dormancy, leaf drop
- young plantsseedling, sprout, sapling, shoot, plantlet
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- hair termsbangs, fringe, pixie, bob, layers
- plant growthbloom, bud, buds, flower, fruit
- renewalreinvigoration, restart, reboot, fresh start, regeneration
new growthdeadwood
Unproductive people or things
decline · contraction · dead weight · stagnation · recession
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