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proliferous

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROLIFEROUS

a.[infra. ] In botany, prolific; as a proliferous flower. A proliferous stem is one which puts forth branches only from the center of the top, or which shoots out new branches from the summits of the former ones, as the pine and fir.
A proliferous umbel is a compound umbel which has the umbellicle subdivided.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROLIFEROUS

Pro *lif "er *ous, a. Etym: [L. proles offspring + -ferous. ]

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 gemmæ.

2. (Zoöl.) (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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

proliferous

pro lif er ous |prəˈlifərəs prəˈlɪfərəs | ▶adjective Biology (of a plant ) producing buds or side shoots from a flower or other terminal part. • (of a plant or invertebrate ) propagating or multiplying by means of buds or offsets. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin proles ‘offspring ’ + -ferous .

Oxford Dictionary

proliferous

pro |lif ¦er |ous |prəˈlɪf (ə )rəs | ▶adjective Biology (of a plant ) producing buds or side shoots from a flower or other terminal part. • (of a plant or invertebrate ) propagating or multiplying by means of buds or offsets. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin proles ‘offspring ’ + -ferous .