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PULLULATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rapid and abundant increase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("pullulation" is a kind of...):
growth; increase; increment (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important)
Derivation:
pullulate (become abundant; increase rapidly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual
Synonyms:
gemmation; pullulation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("pullulation" is a kind of...):
agamogenesis; asexual reproduction (reproduction without the fusion of gametes)
Derivation:
pullulate (produce buds, branches, or germinate)
