See Also: outgrowth(dictionary)
outgrowth(dictionary)

oyster (oh) and outgrowth (iou)


oyster (oh)




[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: oistre, from Latin, from Greek ostreon]
a type of shellfish that can be eaten cooked or uncooked, and that produces a jewel called a pearl
the world is your oyster
used to tell someone that they can achieve whatever they want

outgrowth (iou)



outgrowth noun. M19.
[from OUT- + GROWTH.]
The process of growing out. M19.
That which grows or develops out of something, a growth, an offshoot. M19.