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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROLIFICATION

n.[See Prolific. ] The generation of young or of plants. 1. In botany, the production of a second flower from the substance of the first. This is either from the center of a simple flower, or from the side of an aggregate flower.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROLIFICATION

Pro *lif `i *ca "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prolification, LL. prolificatio.]

 

1. The generation of young.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmæ.