Proliferously

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Proliferous \Pro*lif"er*ous\, a. [L. proles offspring +
     -ferous.]
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     1. (Bot.) 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 gemm[ae].
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) Producing young by budding.
        (b) Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the
            blastostyle of a hydroid.
        (c) Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger
            branch; -- said of corals.
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     {Proliferous cyst} (Med.), a cyst that produces
        highly-organized or even vascular structures. --Paget.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Pro*lif"er*ous*ly}, adv.
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