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Webster 1913 Edition


Uniparous

U-nip′a-rous

,
Adj.
[
Uni-
+ L.
parere
to bring forth.]
1.
(Zool.)
Producing but one egg or young at a time.
2.
(Bot.)
Producing but one axis of inflorescence; – said of the scorpioid cyme.

Webster 1828 Edition


Uniparous

UNIP'AROUS

,
Adj.
[L. unus, one, and pario, to bear.] Producing one at a birth.

Definition 2024


uniparous

uniparous

English

Adjective

uniparous (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Producing a single egg or offspring at one time
  2. (medicine) primiparous.
  3. (botany) Having a cluster of flowers that form a single axis at each branching