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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pullulate /ˈpʌljʊleɪt/
verb (often as adj. pullulating) breed or spread so as to become extremely common.

■ be very crowded; be full of life and activity.

– derivatives
pullulation noun.
– origin C17: from L. pullulat-, pullulare ‘sprout’, from pullulus, dimin. of pullus ‘young animal’.



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