growing

• "the growing season for corn"
• "good growing weather"

• "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"

Synonyms

• growth(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; the gradual beginning or coming forth; (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) ; something grown or growing
• maturationcoming to full development; (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
• developmentact of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; a state in which things are improving; processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
• ontogeny(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
• ontogenesis(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically