Definition for MUL'TI-PLI-CATE

MUL'TI-PLI-CATE, a. [L. multiplicatus.]

  1. Consisting of many, or more than one. Derham.
  2. A multiplicate flower is a sort of luxuriant flower, having the coral multiplied so far as to exclude only some of the stamens. Martyn.

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