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Webster 1913 Edition
Proliferous
Pro-lif′er-ous
,Adj.
[L.
proles
offspring + -ferous
.] 1.
(Bot.)
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.
(Zool.)
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Proliferous
PROLIF'EROUS
,Adj.
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.