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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pul•lu•late (pul′yə lāt′),USA pronunciation v.i., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - Botany, Developmental Biologyto send forth sprouts, buds, etc.;
germinate;
sprout. - Developmental Biologyto breed, produce, or create rapidly.
- Animal Behaviorto increase rapidly;
multiply. - Developmental Biologyto exist abundantly;
swarm;
teem. - Developmental Biologyto be produced as offspring.
- Latin pullulātus (past participle of pullulāre to sprout), derivative of pullulus a sprout, young animal, diminutive of pullus; see pullet
- 1610–20
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