uninucleate

[ yoo-nuh-noo-klee-it, -eyt, -nyoo- ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. (of a cell) having one nucleus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of uninucleate¹

First recorded in 1880–85; uni- + nucleate

Example Sentences

All that is known of reproduction is the resolution of the pellets into uninucleate cells.

From Project Gutenberg

Oogonium with the central uninucleate oosphere and the fertilizing tube (a) of the antheridium which introduces the male nucleus.

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Spores ovate or subelliptical, mostly uninucleate, sordid green.

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