资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Multiplicate \Mul"ti*pli*cate\, a. [L. multiplicatus, p. p. of
   multiplicare. See {Multiply}.]
   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.