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pullulate | (v) become abundant; increase rapidly |
pullulate | (v) breed freely and abundantly |
pullulation | (n) asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual, Syn. gemmation |
pullulation | (n) a rapid and abundant increase |
abound in | (v) exist in large quantity, Syn. pullulate with, teem in |
pour | (v) move in large numbers, Syn. stream, swarm, teem, pullulate |
shoot | (v) produce buds, branches, or germinate, Syn. sprout, spud, pullulate, burgeon forth, germinate, bourgeon |
teem | (v) be teeming, be abuzz, Syn. pullulate, swarm |
Pullulate | v. i. [ L. pullulatus, p. p. of pullulare to sprout, from pullulus a young animal, a sprout, dim. of pullus. See pullet. ] To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Pullulation | n. [ Cf. F. pullulation. ] A germinating, or budding. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Repullulate | v. i. [ L. repullulare, repullulatum. See Pullulate. ] To bud again. [ 1913 Webster ] Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Repullulation | n. The act of budding again; the state of having budded again. [ 1913 Webster ] |