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plural aftergrowths
A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting. examples
(figuratively) Any abstraction of the above. quotations examples
If we suppose that the Greek myth started with a single personification, the aftergrowth of a second personification may perhaps be explained as follows.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 211