uninucleate

American  

[yoo-nuh-noo-klee-it, -eyt, -nyoo-] / ˌyu nəˈnu kli ɪt, -ˌeɪt, -ˈnyu- /

adjective

Biology.

1. (of a cell) having one nucleus.

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Etymology

Origin of uninucleate

First recorded in 1880–85; uni- + nucleate

Example Sentences

Each nucleus aggregates around it a proper zone of dense protoplasm; by two successive mitotic divisions each mass becomes quadri-nucleate, and splits up into four biflagellate, uninucleate zoospores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

The multiplication of the internal nuclei is accompanied by a corresponding division of the cytoplasm; so that instead of a multinucleate or plasmodial condition, distinct uninucleate cellules are formed, up to sixteen in number.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The spores are oblong or subfusiform, pointed at the ends, uninucleate, .0003 inch long, .00016 broad.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Before the teleutospore reaches maturity the nuclei fuse, and the uninucleate condition then continues again until aecidium formation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The spores are angular, uninucleate, salmon color, .0003–.0004 of an inch long, .00025–.0003 broad.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha