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Definition of Pullulation
1. Noun. Asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual.
Generic synonyms: Agamogenesis, Asexual Reproduction
Derivative terms: Pullulate
2. Noun. A rapid and abundant increase.
Definition of Pullulation
1. n. A germinating, or budding.
Definition of Pullulation
1. Noun. A teeming, swarming, or multiplying. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pullulation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pullulation
Literary usage of Pullulation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philosophy and Theology: Being the First Edinburgh University Gifford Lectures by James Hutchison Stirling (1890)
"... a mechanical pullulation of individual difference through chance, but with
consequent results that as advantageous or disadvantageous seem concerted—The ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1860)
"The latter alternative is the more common ; for the tendency of the gemmae, in
most cases of continued pullulation, is to remain during their whole term-of ..."
3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1860)
"The latter alternative is the more common ; for the tendency of the gemmae, in
most cases of continued pullulation, is to remain during their whole term of ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"Another remarkable feature of this case is the extent to which the pullulation
of gemma: of the same general character is carried—amounting frequently to ..."
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