PROLIFEROUSLY

Etymology

Adverb

proliferously (comparative more proliferously, superlative most proliferously)

In a proliferous manner.

Source: Wiktionary


PROLIFEROUS

Pro*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. proles offspring + -ferous.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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