proliferous

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adjective

Producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative.

OriginLatin prōlifer →
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Meanings

adjectiveproliferous (comparative more proliferous, superlative most proliferous)

comparative more proliferous · superlative most proliferous

  1. Producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative.
  2. biologyProducing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers.
  3. biologyReproducing by budding.

Origin

  1. Latinprōlifer
  2. Englishproliferous

From Latin prōlifer, from prōlēs (“offspring”) + -fer (“bearing”), + -ous.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with proliferous

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APA

proliferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proliferous

MLA

“proliferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proliferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proliferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proliferous.

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