uniparous

[ yoo-nip-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. Zoology. producing only one egg or offspring at a time.
2. Botany. (of a cyme) producing only one axis at each branching.

uniparous

/ juːˈnɪpərəs /

adjective

1. (of certain animals) producing a single offspring at each birth
2. (of a woman) having borne only one child
3. botany (of a cyme) giving rise to only one branch from each flowering stem

Word History and Origins

Origin of uniparous¹

From the New Latin word ūniparus, dating back to 1640–50. See uni-, -parous

Example Sentences

In the uniparous cyme a number of floral axes are successively developed one from the other, but the axis of each successive generation, instead of producing a pair of bracts, produces only one.

From Project Gutenberg

The importance of these percentages is impaired by the fact that they involve only five uniparous families and ten sterile ones, and that of these latter only five were sprung from first cousins.

From Project Gutenberg

The cyme, according to its development, has been characterized as biparous or uniparous.

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