PULLULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pullulation mean? 

• PULLULATION (noun)
  The noun PULLULATION has 2 senses:

1. asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual

2. a rapid and abundant increase

  Familiarity information: PULLULATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULLULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

gemmation; pullulation

Hypernyms ("pullulation" is a kind of...):

agamogenesis; asexual reproduction (reproduction without the fusion of gametes)

Derivation:

pullulate (produce buds, branches, or germinate)

Sense 2

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)