pullulation

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A noun referring to a process of asexual reproduction where a growth on the parent develops into a separate individual, or a rapid and abundant increase in number.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa el proceso de reproducción asexual en el que una yema o excrecencia del organismo progenitor se desarrolla hasta convertirse en un individuo separado, o bien el aumento rápido y abundante en número de individuos, brotes o elementos.

1. Budding or gemmation C2 formal scientific

   A form of asexual reproduction where a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud on the parent organism.

   • The pullulation of yeast cells is a common observation in microbiology labs.
   • In hydra, pullulation leads to the formation of a new individual.
   • The process of pullulation allows for rapid colony expansion in certain species.

   🇪🇸Gemación

   Sinónimos: buddinggemmation

2. Rapid increase or proliferation C2 formal

   A swift and abundant growth or multiplication, often in number or quantity.

   • The pullulation of weeds in the garden was overwhelming after the rain.
   • There was a noticeable pullulation of new businesses in the district.
   • The city experienced a pullulation of population during the economic boom.

   🇪🇸Proliferación rápida

   Sinónimos: burgeoningescalationexpansiongrowthincreasemultiplicationproliferation

   Antónimos: declinedecreasediminutionreduction

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• pullulation's possessive singular form