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De - Pt| English Dictionary: proliferously | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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[91]. 2. (Zo[94]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. | |
