regrow
verbEtymology From re- + grow.
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Ambitransitive To grow again a part that has been lost, shed or destroyed.
- Humans cannot regrow lost limbs but some amphibians can.
- Deciduous trees regrow their leaves every year.
1 more example
- A few weeks ago, a story popped up on my news feed about a slug that can sever its own head and regrow another body in weeks.2026, Brian Underwood, “When You Can Turn Back Time”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 30:
- Derived terms
- regrower