pullulate

Mar. 2nd, 2006 07:21 am
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pullulate - v., to teem, swarm, be abuzz, move in large numbers; to bud or sprout; to breed or produce abundantly.


From Latin pullulare, grow, sprout, from pullulus, diminutive of pullus, young animal, related to pullet. A spring word, no?

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