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depulluˈlation nonce-wd. [noun of action f. L. de- I. 2 + pullulāre to sprout out, f. pullulus chick, sprout.] Removal or plucking off of sprouts.
1839–40De Quincey Casuistry Wks. VIII. 252 It is..by the everlasting depullulation of fresh sprouts and shoots from old boughs, that this enormous accumulation takes place. |