Pro‐lif″er‐ous (?), a. [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. (Zoöl.) (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.