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 Pro·lif·er·ous a.
 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 gemmæ.
 2. Zool. (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.
 -- Pro*lif*er*ous*ly, adv.
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