Proliferous

·adj Producing young by budding.

II. Proliferous ·adj Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch;

— said of corals.

III. Proliferous ·adj Producing sexual zooids by budding;

— said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.

IV. Proliferous ·adj 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 gemmae.