pro·lif·i·ca·tion
plural -s
Definition of prolification
1a : the generation of young
b : fecundity
2 : the quality or state of being proliferous
3 : an apical branch arising from within an inflorescence and continuing the terminal growth of the stem (as in the male inflorescence of mosses of the genus Polytrichum) — compare innovation
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