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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

multiplicatus

, p. p. of

multiplicare

. See

Consisting of many, or of more than one; multiple; multifold.

Multiplicate flower

(Bot.)

a flower that is double, or has an unusual number of petals in consequence of the abnormal multiplication of the parts of the floral whorls.

Adj.

[L. multiplicatus.]

Consisting of many, or more than one.

A multiplicate flower is a sort of luxuriant flower, having the corol multiplied so far as to exclude only some of the stamens.