PROLIFIC

prolific, fertile

(adjective) bearing in abundance especially offspring; “flying foxes are extremely prolific”; “a prolific pear tree”

fecund, fertile, prolific

(adjective) intellectually productive; “a prolific writer”; “a fecund imagination”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

prolific (comparative more prolific, superlative most prolific)

Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.

Similarly producing results or works in abundance

(botany) Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.

Synonyms

• fertile

• (producing offspring or fruit in abundance): fecund

• (producing results or works in abundance): See also productive

Source: Wiktionary

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Pro*lif"ic, a. Etym: [F. prolifique, fr. L. proles offspring (from pro for, forward + the root of alere to nourish) + facere to make. See Adult, Old, and Fact.]

1. Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.

2. Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: Proliferous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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