Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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}.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a
prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) Proliferous.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prolific
adj 1: intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund
imagination" [syn: {fecund}, {fertile}, {prolific}]
2: bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are
extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree" [syn: {prolific},
{fertile}]
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