- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
- 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
💬 Examples
- "a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level"
- "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
- "the growth of culture"
- "the increase in unemployment"