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View synonyms for proliferous

proliferous

[ pruh-lif-er-uhs ]

adjective

  1. Botany.
    1. producing new individuals by budding or the like.
    2. producing an organ or shoot from an organ that is itself normally the last, as a shoot or a new flower from the midst of a flower.


proliferous

/ prəˈlɪfərəs /

adjective

  1. (of plants) producing many side branches or offshoots and normally reproducing vegetatively by buds or by plantlets produced in the inflorescence
  2. (of certain animals) reproducing by means of buds, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • nonpro·lifer·ous adjective
  • unpro·lifer·ous adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of proliferous1

1645–55; < Medieval Latin prōlifer bearing offspring + -ous. See prolicide, -ferous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of proliferous1

C17: from Medieval Latin prōlifer having offspring
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Example Sentences

But the pathologies are deeper and more proliferous than a set of clueless white leaders, and it’s hard to imagine how the corporate structures of nonprofit theater can be salvaged.

It doesn’t help that Atlanta is home to what’s arguably the most proliferous and electrifying music scene in America right now, having recently nurtured the brash and idiosyncratic rappers Lil Yachty, Lil Baby, Migos, and Future, among others.

We’ve all known how good Cranston is from his work on “Breaking Bad,” the cable drama that set a standard this new proliferous streaming era has had difficulty matching.

Umbels 3–9-flowered, generally proliferous; pedicels very short, but distinct; fruit about 2 lines broad; carpels broader and more flattened than in the preceding, sharper margined, the dorsal and lateral ribs much more prominent; seed-section much narrower.

Umbels few-flowered, proliferous, forming an interrupted spike; pedicels very short or none; fruit 1½–2´´ broad; dorsal and lateral ribs very prominent.

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