Pro-lif'er-ōŭs, a.

a. [Fr. prolifère, It. prolifero, from Lat. proles, offspring, and ferre, to bear.] (Bot.) Bearing offspring;—applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or a branch from which another rises. Gray.

Proliferous cyst (Path.), a cyst that produces highly-organized or even vascular structures. Paget.