Proliferous vs Proliferate - What's the difference?
proliferous | proliferate | Related terms |
producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative
(botany) producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers
(zoology) reproducing by budding
To increase in number or spread rapidly.
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Proliferate is a related term of proliferous.
Proliferous is a related term of proliferate.
As a adjective proliferous
is producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative.As a verb proliferate is
to increase in number or spread rapidly.proliferous
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Adjective
proliferate
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(proliferat)- The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
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