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uniseptate

[yoo-nuh-sep-teyt]
adjective
  1. Biology. having only one septum or partition, as a silicle.
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Origin of uniseptate

First recorded in 1865–70; uni- + septate
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Historical Examples of uniseptate

  • The sporidia are strongly constricted in the centre, at first uniseptate, with two nuclei in each division.

    Fungi: Their Nature and Uses

    Mordecai Cubitt Cooke

British Dictionary definitions for uniseptate

uniseptate

adjective
  1. biology having only one partition or septuma uniseptate fruit
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