Proliferous
Pronunciation : Pro*lif"er*ous
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. proles offspring + -ferous.]
Definition : 1. (Bot.)
Defn: Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemm?.
2. (Zo?l.) (a) Producing young by budding. (b) Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid. (c) Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals. Proliferous cyst (Med.), a cyst that produces highly- organized or even vascular structures. Paget. -- Pro*lif"er*ous*ly, adv.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913