uniparous
[ yoo-nip-er-uh s ]
/ yuˈnɪp ər əs /
adjective
Zoology.
producing only one egg or offspring at a time.
Botany.
(of a cyme) producing only one axis at each branching.
Words nearby uniparous
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Example sentences from the Web for uniparous
The cyme, according to its development, has been characterized as biparous or uniparous.
British Dictionary definitions for uniparous
uniparous
/ (juːˈnɪpərəs) /
adjective
(of certain animals) producing a single offspring at each birth
(of a woman) having borne only one child
botany
(of a cyme) giving rise to only one branch from each flowering stem