Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-LIF'ER-OUS
PRO'LE-TA-RYPRO-LIF'IC, or PRO-LIF'IC-AL
PRO-LIF'ER-OUS, a. [infra.]
In botany, a proliferous flower is a flower which produces another flower within itself. A proliferous umbel is one which produces another umbel from its own center.
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