uniparous

[ yoo-nip-er-uh s ]

/ yuˈnɪp ər əs /

adjective

Zoology. producing only one egg or offspring at a time.

Botany. (of a cyme) producing only one axis at each branching.

Nearby words

unionist party, unionize, uniontown, uniovular, uniparental, uniparous, unipennate, unipersonal, unipetalous, uniplanar, unipod

Origin of uniparous

From the New Latin word ūniparus, dating back to 1640–50. See uni-, -parous

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Examples from the Web for uniparous

The cyme, according to its development, has been characterized as biparous or uniparous.
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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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