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uniseptate

[ yoo-nuh-sep-teyt ]

adjective

  1. Biology. having only one septum or partition, as a silicle.


uniseptate

/ ˌjuːnɪˈsɛpteɪt /

adjective

  1. biology having only one partition or septum

    a uniseptate fruit

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of uniseptate1

First recorded in 1865–70; uni- + septate
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Example Sentences

Uniseptate, ū-ni-sep′tāt, adj. having but one septum or partition.

The conidia are at first uniseptate.

The sporidia are strongly constricted in the centre, at first uniseptate, with two nuclei in each division.

In other described species they are uniseptate.

In Puccinia the number of species is by far the most numerous; in this genus the spores are uniseptate, and, as in all the Pucciniæi, the peduncles are permanent.

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