unisexual

American  

[yoo-nuh-sek-shoo-uhl] / ˌyu nəˈsɛk ʃu əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to one sex only.

2. having only male or female organs in one individual, as an animal or a flower.

3. unisex.

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unisexual British  

/ ˌjuːnɪˈsɛksjʊəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to one sex only

2. (of some organisms) having either male or female reproductive organs but not both

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unisexual Scientific  

/ yo̅o̅′nĭ-sĕk′sho̅o̅-əl /

1. Having the sex organs of only one sex; not hermaphroditic. Used of organisms.

2. Having stamens and pistils in separate flowers borne on the same plant; diclinous. Used of flowers.

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Other Word Forms

• unisexuality noun
• unisexually adverb

Etymology

Origin of unisexual

First recorded in 1795–1805; uni- + sexual

Example Sentences

The study offers one of few examples of “unisexual reproduction” observed so far in wild mushrooms, although there are more and more examples from lab-based studies.

From Science Magazine

A key limitation of this study, both Greenwald and Neiman point out, is that the researchers didn't compare the regeneration rates of the unisexual salamanders with those of which they share a genome.

From National Geographic

These include unisexual whiptail lizards and deadbeat cassowary moms, which abandon hatchlings to Dad’s care.

From Washington Post

Several Ambystoma species are unisexual – that is, they consist only of parthenogenetic females.

From Scientific American

Spikelets of a single perfect or unisexual or rudimentary flower, in jointed spikes, in pairs at each joint, mostly imbedded in the thick rhachis.

From Project Gutenberg