Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-LIF-I-CA'TION
PRO-LIF'IC-AL-LYPRO-LIF'IC-NESS
PRO-LIF-I-CA'TION, n. [See Prolific.]
- The generation of young or of plants.
- 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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