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fast-growing

fast-growing \fast-growing\ adj. tending to spread quickly; -- used mostly of plants.

Syn: aggressive.

WordNet
fast-growing

adj. tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" [syn: aggressive, fast-growing(a)]

Usage examples of "fast-growing".

The AMA is the sporting arm of the Motorcycle, Scooter and Allied Trades Association, a fast-growing motorcycle lobby that is seeking desperately to establish a respectable image -- an image the Hell's Angels have consistently queered.

Froment already replaced him, even as vivacious, fast-growing plants overrun neighboring barren fields.

Alzena promised that soon a few trees could be harvested, but for now everyone who wanted furniture made of organic materials had to make do with members of the grass family, fast-growing annuals.

They served as dormitory villages for the fast-growing industrial estates occupied by kombinate subdivisions and the supply companies which sprang up to provide them with specialist services.

The dominant plants were softwoods and fast-growing trees, bamboo and thorny tearing vines, which formed a dense and impenetrable barrier.

Nourished by Horak himself on his first day at Lamesh, Maldeev's hatred of the Red Wing commander had swelled, running so deep and silent, like the roots of a fast-growing willow, that even Jahet could not guess its full measure.

Rosethorn had poured her magic into them, giving them the strength to become a fast-growing winter crop, hardy enough to survive the rainy season.