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Definition: PROLIFEROUS |
PROLIFEROUSAdjective1. Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals. 2. Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid. 3. Producing young by budding. 4. 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. |
Etymology: Proliferous \Pro*lif"er*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression proles offspring -ferous.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PROLIFEROUS |
| Specialty definitions using "PROLIFEROUS": Flora's Dial. (references) |
Expression using "PROLIFEROUS": Proliferous cyst. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "PROLIFEROUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që shtohet (growing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منشئ براعم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | размножаващ се чрез пъпкуване, който дава пъпки, който дава издънки. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | proliferaèní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | proliferativ (proliferative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | proliferatief (proliferative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prolifère (proliferative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | produktiv (fertile, productive, productively, prolific). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sarjadzó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | proliferativo (proliferative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shellagh (salivary, sallow, willow, withy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oliferouspray prolífero. (various references) отпрысковый. (various references) koji proliferiše. (various references) prolífero (proliferative). (various references) spridande (dispersive). (various references) швидко розмножуваний, паростковий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "PROLIFEROUS" (pronounced 'Pro*lif"er*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-o-o-p-r-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: profilers. | |
-3 letters: floorers, flurries, perilous, profiler, profiles, proofers, reproofs, superior. | |
-4 letters: ferrous, floorer, floosie, foliose, folious, friseur, furioso, furlers, furores, leprous, loopers, loopier, lorries, lousier, orioles, ourself, pelorus, pileous, pilfers, pourers, profile, profuse, proofer, prosier, purfles, pursier, repours, reproof, reroofs, riflers, rolfers, roofers, roupier, soilure, soupier, spoiler, spoofer, sporule, surfier, surlier, upriser. | |
-5 letters: filers. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-o-o-p-r-r-s-u" | |
+3 letters: fluorographies. | |
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