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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