proliferous

[pruh-lif-er-uhs]

pro·lif·er·ous

[pruh-lif-er-uhs]
adjective
2.
Botany.
a.
producing new individuals by budding or the like.
b.
producing an organ or shoot from an organ that is itself normally the last, as a shoot or a new flower from the midst of a flower.

Origin:
1645–55; < Medieval Latin prōlifer bearing offspring + -ous. See prolicide, -ferous

non·pro·lif·er·ous, adjective
un·pro·lif·er·ous, adjective
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Proliferous is always a great word to know.
So is nonvascular plants. Does it mean:
organism with having only one complete set of chromosomes
plants without a xylem and phloem to transport fluid and nutrients internally
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proliferous (prəˈlɪfərəs)
 
adj
1.  (of plants) producing many side branches or offshoots and normally reproducing vegetatively by buds or by plantlets produced in the inflorescence
2.  (of certain animals) reproducing by means of buds, etc
 
[C17: from Medieval Latin prōlifer having offspring]

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