Proliferate(v. t.) To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.
Proliferate(v. t.) To produce zooids by budding.
Proliferation(n.) The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.
Proliferation(n.) The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.
Proliferous(a.) 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.
Proliferous(a.) Producing young by budding.
Proliferous(a.) Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.
Proliferous(a.) Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals.
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