intergrowv.
rare.
1. intransitive. To grow intermixed with each other.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow > assimilate or converge
assimilate1626
connive1830
intergrow1891
1891 Dublin Rev. July 194 These can intergrow, yet preserving distinct individuality.
2. transitive. To intersperse or cover in parts with a growth (of something): only in past participle.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > plant plants [verb (transitive)] > interplant
intergrow1891
interplant1927
1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 159 All that was not moorland was a series of swampy marshes, inter~grown rather than overgrown with wood and forest.
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