adj producing young by budding.
2. proliferous ·adj producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch;
said of corals.
3. proliferous ·adj producing sexual zooids by budding;
said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.
4. proliferous ·adj 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.