Overgrowth
[oh-ver-grohth] /ˈoʊ vərˌgroʊθ/
noun
1.
a overspreading or covering something.
2.
excessive :
to prune a young tree so as to prevent overgrowth.
n.
c.1600, from over- + growth. Cf. also overgrown.
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