PULLULATE


Meaning of PULLULATE in English

— 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 ]

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