Proliferous

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1. Adjective

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.

2. Adjective

Producing young by budding.

3. Adjective

Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.

4. Adjective

Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals.
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