producing living young rather than eggs from within the body in the manner of nearly all mammals, many reptiles, and a few fishes: compare oviparous
said of a seed: germinating while still attached to the parent plant
the viviparous seed of the mangrove
said of a plant: having viviparous seeds
said of a plant: multiplying by means of shoots, buds, bulbils (small bulbs; see bulbil), etc rather than seeds
viviparity /viviʹpariti/ noun
viviparously adv
viviparousness noun
[Latin viviparus, from vivi- + -parous]