prolification

[Latin proles =offspring, and facio =to make.] *1. Ord . Lang .: The generation of children, young animals, or plants. "Prolifications descending from double origins."Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. il., ch. xii. 2. Bot . The elongation of the apex of the floral axis above the flower, where it bears fresh buds, leaves, and flowers, as occurs normally in the syncarpous fruit of the pine-apple, and sometimes in apples and pears. Something analogous is seen in of Poly tri chum. Median prolification is an adventitious bud springing from the center of the flower; axillary prolification, one springing from the center of the axil; and lateral prolification, one springing from the center of the inflorescence. pro-lif-Ic-ne , s . [Eng. prolific; -ne .] The quality or state of being prolific; prolification. pro-11-fy, v . i. [Lat. proles =offspring; English suff. -fy.] To bring forth offspring. "Which in time prolified and sent out great and wasting sins." -Sanders on: Works , v. 338.