rare. ? Obs. [ad. L. *surculātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. surculāre (see prec.). Cf. F. surculation.] Pruning; the action of cutting off shoots for propagation.
1668. Worlidge, Syst. Agric., Dict. Rust., 276. Succulation [sic], a pruning of Trees.
a. 1682. Sir T. Browne, Tracts (1684), 48. The Olive being not successfully propagable by Seed, nor at all by surculation.
1878. W. Maccall, trans. Letourneau’s Biol., 276. Budding, germination, or surculation.
