Category:Prolific

Pro*lif"ic, a. Etym: [f. prolifique, fr. L. proles offspring (from Pro for, forward + the root of alere to nourish) + facere to make. See adult, old, and fact.]

1. 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.

2. Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific Brain; a controversy prolific of evil.

3. (bot.)

Defn: proliferous.