uniparous

American  

[yoo-nip-er-uhs] / yuˈnɪp ər əs /

adjective

1. Zoology. producing only one egg or offspring at a time.

2. Botany. (of a cyme) producing only one axis at each branching.

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uniparous British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of uniparous

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

Example Sentences

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

The uniparous cyme presents two forms, the scorpioid or cicinal and the helicoid or bostrychoid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Those of the bulk of the mastodons, megatheria, glyptodons, and diprotodons, are uniparous.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry

Among the non-consanguineous 3 per cent were uniparous, as against 7.95 per cent among the consanguineous.

From Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population by Arner, George B. Louis

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 Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population by Arner, George B. Louis