- Zoology. Reproducing freely by means of buds and side branches, as corals do.
- Botany. Freely producing buds or offshoots, especially from unusual places, as shoots from flowers or fruits from fruits.
[From Medieval Latin prōlifer : Latin prōlēs, prōl-, offspring + Latin -fer, -fer.]
proliferously pro·lif'er·ous·ly adv.




