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Meaning of UNIPAROUS

Pronunciation:  yoo'nipurus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (biology) producing only one offspring at a time
 
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 Antonyms: multiparous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\U*nip"a*rous\, a. [Uni- + L. parere to bring forth.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Producing but one egg or young at a time.
2. (Bot.) Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of
   the scorpioid cyme.
 

 

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