Definition of prolific Prolific

/pɹowlɪˈfɪk/ - [prowlifik] - pro•lif•ic

We found 8 definitions of prolific from 4 different sources.

What does prolific mean?

Adjective
prolific - bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
		fertile
		fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"
prolific - intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"
		fecund, fertile
		productive producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"

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prolific (Adjective)
Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
prolific (Adjective)
Similarly producing results or works in abundance.

prolific (a.)
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.
prolific (a.)
Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.
prolific (a.)
Proliferous.

prolific
-al, prō-lif′ik, -al, adj. bringing forth offspring: producing young or fruit: productive: bringing about results: (bot.) applied to a flower from which another is produced.—ns. Prolif′icacy, Prolif′icness.—adv. Prolif′ically.—n. Prolificā′tion, the generation of young animals or plants: (bot.) development of a shoot from an organ normally ultimate. [Fr. prolifique—L. proles (for pro-oles), offspring, facĕre, to make.]