uniseriate

American  

[yoo-ni-seer-ee-it, -eyt] / ˌyu nɪˈsɪər i ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. arranged in a single row or line.

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uniseriate British  

/ ˌjuːnɪˈsɪərɪˌeɪt /

adjective

1. (of parts, cells, etc) arranged in a single row, layer, or series

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Other Word Forms

• uniseriately adverb

Etymology

Origin of uniseriate

First recorded in 1830–40; uni- ( def. ) + seriate ( def. )

Example Sentences

Ascophore stipitate; hymenophore subglobose, inflated and more or less hollow or cavernous, variously gyrose and convolute at the surface, which is everywhere covered with the hymenium; substance fleshy; asci cylindrical, 8-spored; spores uniseriate, elongated, hyaline or nearly so, continuous; paraphyses present.

From Project Gutenberg

The stem is hollow when mature, often very much deformed, whitish, scurvy, frequently enlarged or swollen at the base, sometimes lacunose, frequently attenuated upward, at first stuffed; asci cylindrical, apex obtuse, base attenuated, 8-spored; spores obliquely uniseriate, hyaline, smooth, continuous, elliptical, 17–25�9–11�; paraphases numerous.

From Project Gutenberg