Prolific vs. Proliferous

Prolificadjective

Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.

Prolificadjective

Similarly producing results or works in abundance

Prolificadjective

Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; - applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; - usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.

Prolificadjective

Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.

Prolificadjective

Proliferous.

Prolificadjective

intellectually productive;

Prolificadjective

bearing in abundance especially offspring;

Proliferousadjective

producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative

Proliferousadjective

(botany) producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers

Proliferousadjective

(zoology) reproducing by budding

Proliferousadjective

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.

Proliferousadjective

Producing young by budding.

Proliferousadjective

(of a plant) producing buds or side shoots from a flower or other terminal part.

Proliferousadjective

(of a plant or invertebrate) propagating or multiplying by means of buds or offsets.