growth - noun

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

a progression from simpler to more complex forms

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

vegetation that has grown

the gradual beginning or coming forth

(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

something grown or growing

growth - thesaurus

development   emergence   growing   increase   increment   maturation   ontogenesis   ontogeny   outgrowth