regrows

Comes back naturally

Regrows is the present tense of regrow, meaning to grow again after being cut, damaged, or lost.

Lizards regrow tails, forests regrow after fires, and hair regrows after chemotherapy.

The starfish regrows its missing arm.

The word implies natural regeneration rather than replacement.

restoration

forest

Tree-dense ecosystem

ecosystem · rewilding · conservation · recovery · succession · clearcut · wildfire · bushfire · logging · deforestation

botanical

sprout

New plant emergence

pruning · coppice · pollard · stump · rootstock · rhizome · tuber · bulb · perennial · dormancy

biological

regeneration

Biological self-repair process

  • tissueDisposable soft paper
  • limbJointed bodily projection
  • tailRear animal appendage

cells · axolotl · starfish · lizard · salamander · planaria · hydra · zebrafish · antlers · liver

resilience

bounce back

Recover from difficulty

persist · regenerate · renew · restore · revive · hardiness · tenacity · endurance · comeback · perseverance

Opposites
biological regeneration vs. permanent loss

regrowsdies

Stops being alive

dies off · withers · atrophies · shrinks · decays

Family

regrow, regrown, regrowing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G