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Definition of: proliferous
(prō·lif′ər·əs) adjective
1. Producing offspring freely.
2. Producing branchlets; as a coral.
3. Bot. Having an excessive development of parts; developing buds, branches, and flowers from unusual places; bearing progeny in the way of offshoots, buds, etc. [<Med. L prolifer <L proles, prolis offspring + ferre bear]
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