Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Prolification
Pro·lif′i·ca′tion (·ĭ·kā′shŭn), 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 gemmæ.