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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Proliferous  \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  gemm[ae]. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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 

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