Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prolification \Pro*lif`i*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. prolification, LL.
   prolificatio.]
   1. The generation of young.

   2. (Bot.) Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a
      plant, directly from an older one, or by gemm[ae].