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unisexual
[ yoo-nuh-sek-shoo-uhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to one sex only.
- having only male or female organs in one individual, as an animal or a flower.
unisexual
/ ˌːɪˈɛʊə /
adjective
- of or relating to one sex only
- (of some organisms) having either male or female reproductive organs but not both
unisexual
/ ̅̅′nĭ-ĕ′̅̅-ə /
- Having the sex organs of only one sex; not hermaphroditic. Used of organisms.
- Having stamens and pistils in separate flowers borne on the same plant; diclinous. Used of flowers.
Derived Forms
- ˌܲԾˌˈٲ, noun
- ˌܲԾˈܲ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- n·u·i·ٲ noun
- n·u·· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of unisexual1
Example Sentences
Sun and Duke mycologist Joseph Heitman have described unisexual reproduction in detail in the single-celled fungus Cryptococcus, and researchers in Germany recently documented it in an edible species.
A key limitation of this study, both Greenwald and Neiman point out, is that the researchers didn't compare the regeneration rates of the unisexual salamanders with those of which they share a genome.
These include unisexual whiptail lizards and deadbeat cassowary moms, which abandon hatchlings to Dad’s care.
Several Ambystoma species are unisexual – that is, they consist only of parthenogenetic females.
Spikelets of a single perfect or unisexual or rudimentary flower, in jointed spikes, in pairs at each joint, mostly imbedded in the thick rhachis.
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