overgrowth
Plants taking over
Overgrowth is excessive or uncontrolled growth.
Vegetation that has overgrown a space is overgrowth: The path was hidden by overgrowth.
In medicine, overgrowth describes abnormal tissue proliferation: bacterial overgrowth, bone overgrowth.
The word emphasizes growth beyond normal or desired limits.
Dense tropical forest
- thicketDense shrub cluster
- vinesClimbing, trailing plants
- ivyEvergreen climbing plant
- underbrushDense low forest vegetation
brambles · weeds · shrubbery · creeper · ferns · moss · briar · brushwood
Abnormal tissue mass
- hyperplasiaExcessive cell multiplication
- hypertrophyTissue enlargement via cells
- neoplasiaAbnormal tissue proliferation
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
enlargement · swelling · proliferation · abnormal · benign · malignant · tissue · cellular
Population shift toward cities
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- expansionIncrease in scope
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
spread · unchecked · uncontrolled · suburban · concrete · overdevelopment · unplanned · haphazard
Act of leaving permanently
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- dilapidationState of ruin
- disrepairPoor maintained condition
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
ruin · deterioration · untended · forsaken · reclaimed · crumbling · ruins · engulfed
jungle
Dense tropical forest
underbrush · brambles · weeds · shrubbery · creeper · ferns · moss · briar · brushwood · foliage
tumor
Abnormal tissue mass
- hyperplasiaExcessive cell multiplication
- hypertrophyTissue enlargement via cells
- neoplasiaAbnormal tissue proliferation
cancer · enlargement · swelling · proliferation · abnormal · benign · malignant · tissue · cellular · keloid
urbanization
Population shift toward cities
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- expansionIncrease in scope
encroachment · spread · unchecked · uncontrolled · suburban · concrete · overdevelopment · unplanned · haphazard · creeping
abandonment
Act of leaving permanently
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- dilapidationState of ruin
- disrepairPoor maintained condition
dereliction · ruin · deterioration · untended · forsaken · reclaimed · crumbling · ruins · engulfed · swallowed
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- Post-Apocalypsewasteland, fallout, survivors, apocalypse, collapse
- undergrowthunderstory, thicket, shrubbery, underbrush, brush
- growth disordersdwarfism, gigantism, stunting, short stature, failure to thrive
- urbexabandoned building, abandoned buildings, ghost town, ruin, exploration
- plant spreadingground cover, runners, rhizomes, stolons, seed dispersal
overgrowthmanicured
Carefully trimmed and tended
trimmed · pruned · cultivated · groomed · landscaped
overgrowthbarrenness
Inability to bear fruit
bareness · sparse vegetation · clearing · desolation · sparseness
- overgrown yardNeglected outdoor space, wild
- overgrown lotNeglected property with wild vegetation