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pro·lif·er·ous
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proliferousadjective
producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative
proliferousadjective
producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers
proliferousadjective
reproducing by budding
Webster Dictionary
Proliferousadjective
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 gemmae
Proliferousadjective
producing young by budding
Proliferousadjective
producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid
Proliferousadjective
producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals
Etymology: [L. proles offspring + -ferous.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of proliferous in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of proliferous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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