About The Word Prolific
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Prolific
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What's The Definition Of Prolific?
[adj] bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
[adj] intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination" Synonyms | Synonyms for Prolific: fecund | fertile | fruitful | productive Related Terms | Find terms related to Prolific: See Also | Prolific In Webster's Dictionary \Pro*lif"ic\, a. [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.) Proliferous.
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