This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
uniparous
[ yoo-nip-er-uhs ]
/ yuˈnɪp ər əs /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
adjective
Zoology. producing only one egg or offspring at a time.
Botany. (of a cyme) producing only one axis at each branching.
QUIZ
ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?
We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.
Question 1 of 8
Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?
Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing
Words nearby uniparous
union suit, union territory, Uniontown, uniovular, uniparental, uniparous, Unipen, unipennate, unipersonal, unipetalous, uniplanar
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012