·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.