Definition for PRO-LIF-I-CA'TION

PRO-LIF-I-CA'TION, n. [See Prolific.]

  1. The generation of young or of plants.
  2. 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. – Lee.

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