repullulate

intransitive verb

re·​pullulate

(ˈ)rē+

-ed/-ing/-s

archaic

: to bud or sprout again

whose branches … are withered, never to repullulate again

—Eliza Nathan

Word History

Etymology

Latin repullulatus, past participle of repullulare, from re- + pullulare to sprout

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