proliferous

[ pruh-lif-er-uhs ]
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adjective
  1. Botany.

    • producing new individuals by budding or the like.

    • 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 of proliferous

1
1645–55; <Medieval Latin prōlifer bearing offspring + -ous. See prolicide, -ferous

Other words from proliferous

  • non·pro·lif·er·ous, adjective
  • un·pro·lif·er·ous, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for proliferous

proliferous

/ (prəˈlɪfərəs) /


adjective
  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

Origin of proliferous

1
C17: from Medieval Latin prōlifer having offspring

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