slow growing
Taking its time
Slow growing describes something that increases in size, number, or extent at a gradual pace.
Plants may be slow growing by nature, or tumors slow growing compared to aggressive forms.
The term often implies patience is required: a slow-growing investment portfolio, slow-growing economies.
Sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not.
- stuntedArrested in development
- incrementalProceeding by small additions
- horticultureCultivating plants systematically
- perennialRecurring each year
- late bloomerOne who matures slowly
tortoise · snail's pace · patience · bonsai · tree rings · plateauing · subtropical · drought tolerant · foliage · stagnation · old-growth · long game · dormancy · creeping · emotional growth · flora · pine · ornamental
- plant traitsthorny, spiny, evergreen, deciduous, flowering
- root typestaproot, aerial roots, fibrous, prop roots, buttress roots
- tree typesdeciduous, evergreen, conifer, broadleaf, hardwood
slow growingfast growing
Increasing quickly in size
fast-growing · runaway growth · mushrooming · exponential growth · booming
slow growingsudden
Occurring without prior notice
rapid · abrupt · swift · immediate · instantaneous
slow growingaggressive
Hostile and confrontational
vigorous · dynamic · booming · surging · skyrocketing