Uniparous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uniparous \U*nip"a*rous\, a. [Uni- + L. parere to bring forth.]
     1. (Zool.) Producing but one egg or young at a time.
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     2. (Bot.) Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of
        the scorpioid cyme.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uniparous
       adj : producing only one offspring at a time [ant: {multiparous}]