uniparousadj.

Brit.

/juːˈnɪp(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/juˈnɪpərəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin uniparus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin uniparus (1520 or earlier; < classical Latin ūni- uni- comb. form + -parus : see -parous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French unipare (1611 in Cotgrave, or earlier), Italian uniparo (a1565). Compare multiparous adj.In sense 2 in botany after French unipare (1837 or earlier in this sense).

1. Producing a single offspring per pregnancy (as the normal or typical case); = monotocous adj. 2a.Contrasted with multiparous adj. 1 and pluriparous adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > bearing only one at birth

uniparous1646

uniparient1788

monotocous1890

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 298 For animals multifidous..there are but two that are uniparous, that is, Men and Elephants.

1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes xii. 58 'Tis also the second choice out of the young of multiparous Cattle taken in specie,..or else a Composition in Money for the Uniparous.

1744 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. 37 Those of the uniparous Kind have them placed between the posterior Extremities.

1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 358 The females of the human species, though most commonly uniparous.

1841 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 315/1 The oviducts are shorter and less sinuous in their course in the uniparous Kangaroo..than in the multiparous Opossums.

1857 L. H. Grindon Life (ed. 2) iv. 42 Rousseau ingeniously urges..that woman is a uniparous animal.

1929 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 68 30 There are uniparous and pluriparous animals.

1976 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 17 Feb. b1/1 The cherishing of each individual life is not simply a moral demand peculiar to civilization. It is a basic demand of uniparous animals, including elephants.

2000 L. Ellis Archaeol. Method & Theory 28/2 In uniparous animals (those, like humans, that normally give birth to one offspring per pregnancy), there are differences in the pelvis that sometimes can be used to distinguish between males and females.

2. Botany. Of a cyme: producing only a single lateral axis at each point of branching; = monochasial adj. Cf. biparous adj.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of or bearing cymes or racemes

racemiferous1656

racemose1698

biparous1731

racemous1757

racemed1787

unilateral1802

cymose1807

uniparous1839

indeterminate1842

indefinite1876

botrycymose1879

botryose1879

1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 160 (note) Axis of uniparous, that is one-peduncled, cymes.

1878 M. T. Masters Henfrey's Bot. 318 The inflorescence..is probably a uniparous scorpioid cyme.

1882 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) i. iv. 208 The terms helicoid and scorpioid are thus used by us indifferently to indicate the same form of unilateral, monochasial, or uniparous cyme.

1945 W. O. Howarth & L. G. G. Warne Lowson's Textbk. Bot. (ed. 9) x. 256 In uniparous (or monochasial) forms each successive axis ends in a flower after producing one daughter-axis.

2011 J. J. F. E. de Wilde in K. Kubitzki Families & Genera Vascular Plants X. 59/1 Often the inflorescences show a transition from biparous to uniparous cymes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	uniparous
释义	uniparousadj. Brit. /juːˈnɪp(ə)rəs/, U.S. /juˈnɪpərəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin uniparus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin uniparus (1520 or earlier; < classical Latin ūni- uni- comb. form + -parus : see -parous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French unipare (1611 in Cotgrave, or earlier), Italian uniparo (a1565). Compare multiparous adj.In sense 2 in botany after French unipare (1837 or earlier in this sense). 1. Producing a single offspring per pregnancy (as the normal or typical case); = monotocous adj. 2a.Contrasted with multiparous adj. 1 and pluriparous adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > bearing only one at birth uniparous1646 uniparient1788 monotocous1890 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 298 For animals multifidous..there are but two that are uniparous, that is, Men and Elephants. View more context for this quotation 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes xii. 58 'Tis also the second choice out of the young of multiparous Cattle taken in specie,..or else a Composition in Money for the Uniparous. 1744 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. 37 Those of the uniparous Kind have them placed between the posterior Extremities. 1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 358 The females of the human species, though most commonly uniparous. 1841 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 315/1 The oviducts are shorter and less sinuous in their course in the uniparous Kangaroo..than in the multiparous Opossums. 1857 L. H. Grindon Life (ed. 2) iv. 42 Rousseau ingeniously urges..that woman is a uniparous animal. 1929 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 68 30 There are uniparous and pluriparous animals. 1976 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 17 Feb. b1/1 The cherishing of each individual life is not simply a moral demand peculiar to civilization. It is a basic demand of uniparous animals, including elephants. 2000 L. Ellis Archaeol. Method & Theory 28/2 In uniparous animals (those, like humans, that normally give birth to one offspring per pregnancy), there are differences in the pelvis that sometimes can be used to distinguish between males and females. 2. Botany. Of a cyme: producing only a single lateral axis at each point of branching; = monochasial adj. Cf. biparous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of or bearing cymes or racemes racemiferous1656 racemose1698 biparous1731 racemous1757 racemed1787 unilateral1802 cymose1807 uniparous1839 indeterminate1842 indefinite1876 botrycymose1879 botryose1879 1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 160 (note) Axis of uniparous, that is one-peduncled, cymes. 1878 M. T. Masters Henfrey's Bot. 318 The inflorescence..is probably a uniparous scorpioid cyme. 1882 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) i. iv. 208 The terms helicoid and scorpioid are thus used by us indifferently to indicate the same form of unilateral, monochasial, or uniparous cyme. 1945 W. O. Howarth & L. G. G. Warne Lowson's Textbk. Bot. (ed. 9) x. 256 In uniparous (or monochasial) forms each successive axis ends in a flower after producing one daughter-axis. 2011 J. J. F. E. de Wilde in K. Kubitzki Families & Genera Vascular Plants X. 59/1 Often the inflorescences show a transition from biparous to uniparous cymes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1646
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