English Explanatory Dictionary

proliferous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative.
  2. Producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers.
  3. Reproducing by budding.

Word forms

proliferous more proliferous most proliferous

Etymology

From Latin prōlifer, from prōlēs (“offspring”) + -fer (“bearing”), + -ous.

Related words

proliferate proliferation proliferative prolific

Derived words

nonproliferous proliferously proliferousness
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