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.
Use in sentences of PROLIFEROUS
Meaning of PROLIFEROUS in English
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.
Producing young by budding.
Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.
Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals.