01 a. Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to plants producing fruit, animals…
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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.
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Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.
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Proliferous.(Bot.)