bearing offspring
Germinating; producing offspring. ... Origin: L. Proles, offspring, + gero, to bear ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(pro-lij´әr-әs) producing offspring.
Type: Term Pronunciation: prō-lij′ĕr-ŭs Definitions: 1. Germinating; producing offspring.
proligerous 1. Of or relating to the production of offspring; germinating. 2. Producing offspring. 3. Freely producing offshoots, bulblets, or plantlets. 4. In mosses, bearing young shoots from the antheridial or archegonial cluster of leaves. Related 'birth, born, childbirth, offspring' words...