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prolific |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prolific \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prolific adj 1: intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination" [syn: {fecund}, {fertile}] 2: bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree" [syn: {fertile}]
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