uninucleate

American  

[yoo-nuh-noo-klee-it, -eyt, -nyoo-] / ˌyu nəˈnu kli ɪt, -ˌeɪt, -ˈnyu- /

adjective

Biology.

1. (of a cell) having one nucleus.

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Etymology

Origin of uninucleate

First recorded in 1880–85; uni- + nucleate

Example Sentences

The basidium is a unicellular or multicellular structure from which four basidiospores arise as outgrowths; it starts as a binucleate structure, but soon, like the ascus, becomes uninucleate by the fusion of the two nuclei.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Then by a special method, described first by Harper, a mass of protoplasm is cut out round each nucleus; thus eight uninucleate ascospores are formed by free-cell formation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The spores are oblong or subfusiform, pointed at the ends, uninucleate, .0003 inch long, .00016 broad.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

The trophozoite begins life as a small, rounded uninucleate corpuscle, which as it grows, becomes multinucleate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The multiplication of the internal nuclei is accompanied by a corresponding division of the cytoplasm; so that instead of a multinucleate or plasmodial condition, distinct uninucleate cellules are formed, up to sixteen in number.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various