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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual;
[syn: pullulation, gemmation]

2. a rapid and abundant increase; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pullulation \Pul`lu*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pullulation.]
   A germinating, or budding. --Dr. H. More.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pullulation
    n 1: asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface
         or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual
         [syn: pullulation, gemmation]
    2: a rapid and abundant increase