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uniflorous

American  
[yoo-nuh-flawr-uhs, -flohr-] / ˌyu nəˈflɔr əs, -ˈfloʊr- /

adjective

Botany.

  1. having only one flower.

Etymology

Origin of uniflorous

First recorded in 1750–60; uni- + -florous

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Rarely the inflorescence consists of very few flowers; thus Lygeum Spartum, the most anomalous of European grasses, has but two or three large uniflorous spikelets, which are fused together at the base, and have no basal glumes, but are enveloped in a large, hooded, spathe-like bract.

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