What part of speech is growing?

"Growing" can be a few different parts of speech depending on its context:

* Verb: This is the most common use. Example: "The plant is growing rapidly."

* Adjective: Describes a noun. Example: "The growing season is short in this climate."

* Present participle: Used to form continuous tenses, or as an adjective. Example: "She's growing taller every day." (continuous tense) / "The growing pains were unbearable." (adjective)

So, to know the part of speech of "growing", you need to look at the sentence and see how it's being used.