growing noun.
['grǝʊɪŋ] LME.[from GROW verb + -ING1.]1. The action of
GROW verb.
LME.2. (A) growth.
LME-E18.3. Advance, progress.
rare (Shakes.). Only in
E17.
Comb.:
growing bag: containing peat-based potting compost in which plants may be grown;
growing pains neuralgic pains popularly attributed to growth;
fig. early difficulties in the development of a project etc.;
growing point the point at which growth originates;
spec. (
Botany) the primary meristematic region at the apex of a plant shoot at which continuous cell division and differentiation occur;
growing season: when rainfall and temperature allow plants to grow;
growing stock Forestry the total quantity of trees in an area;
growing zone the region in an annelid or tapeworm in which growth of new parts occurs.
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