Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having but one ovule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Containing but one ovule.
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- adjective botany Containing only one
ovule .
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- adjective having a single ovule
Etymologies
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uni- + ovulate
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Examples
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Calyx 5-toothed; corolla much less developed than in the staminate; ovary free, 3 uniovulate locules; styles 3, bifid.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Ovary unilocular, uniovulate, with a short style bearing 3 lobules at its apex.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Pistillate: Calyx and corolla as above; ovary of 2 or 3 uniovulate locules, encircled by a disk; style 2-or 3-branched.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Ovary rudimentary in the male flower; unilocular and uniovulate in the female.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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