— pullulation , n.
/pul"yeuh layt'/ , v.i. , pullulated, pullulating .
1. to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
2. to breed, produce, or create rapidly.
3. to increase rapidly; multiply.
4. to exist abundantly; swarm; teem.
5. to be produced as offspring.
[ 1610-20; pullulatus (ptp. of pullulare to sprout), deriv. of pullulus a sprout, young animal, dim. of pullus; see PULLET ]