Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmæ.
a. (L. proles, prolis, offspring; ferre, to bear) bearing supplementary structures such as buds or flowers, either in an abnormal manner or in a manner that is normal but from adventitious tissue.
able to reproduce vegetatively from the shoot system, e.g. by stems rooting at the nodes (as in Conostylis); producing plantlets on leaves or fronds ( Pteris) or in the inflorescence ( Isolepis).