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uniparous
[ yoo-nip-er-uhs ]
/ yuˈnɪp ər əs /
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adjective
Zoology. producing only one egg or offspring at a time.
Botany. (of a cyme) producing only one axis at each branching.
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How to use uniparous in a sentence
The cyme, according to its development, has been characterized as biparous or uniparous.
In the bell-flower (Campanula) there is a racemose uniparous cyme.
British Dictionary definitions for uniparous
uniparous
/ (juːˈnɪpərəs) /
adjective
(of certain animals) producing a single offspring at each birth
(of a woman) having borne only one child
botany (of a cyme) giving rise to only one branch from each flowering stem
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