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prolific adjective [ prəˈlɪfɪk ]

• (of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring.
• "in captivity tigers are prolific breeders"
Similar: productive, creative, inventive, fertile,
• present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful.
• "mahogany was once prolific in the tropical forests"
Similar: plentiful, abundant, bountiful, profuse, copious, luxuriant, rich, lush, proliferative, fertile, fruitful, fecund, rife, rank, plenteous, bounteous, proliferous,
Origin: mid 17th century: from medieval Latin prolificus, from Latin proles ‘offspring’ (see proliferous).


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