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名詞

aftergrowth (複数形 aftergrowths)

1. A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
2. (figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 211:

     If we suppose that the Greek myth started with a single personification, the aftergrowth of a second personification may perhaps be explained as follows.