pullulation

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsgemmation

   Broaderasexual reproduction
2. 2.

   a rapid and abundant increase

   Broaderincrease

Other forms of pullulation

plural

pullulations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pullulation

What does pullulation mean?

pullulation means "asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pullulation?

pullulation has 5 syllables: pul-lu-la-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for pullulation?

Close synonyms include gemmation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pullulation a common word?

pullulation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.