a. [ L. proles offspring + -ferous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Proliferous cyst (Med.), a cyst that produces highly-organized or even vascular structures. Paget. [ 1913 Webster ]
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