unisexual
pronunciation
How to pronounce unisexual in British English:
UK ['ju:nɪ'seksjʊəl]
How to pronounce unisexual in American English:
US [ˌjunɪ'sekʃʊrl]
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- Adjective:
- relating to only one sex or having only one type of sexual organ; not hermaphroditic
Word Origin
- unisexual (adj.)
- 1802, "of one sex, having only one sex," from uni- + sexual. Meaning "of or for a single sex" (of schools, etc.) is from 1885. Meaning "unisex" is from 1970. Related: Unisexual.
Example
- 1. Flowers unisexual or polygamous , sometimes appearing before leaves .
- 2. Climbing herbs of southeastern asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers : chinese evergreen .
- 3. With unisexual and bisexual flowers on the same plant .
- 4. Flowers small , unisexual on different plants .
- 5. Flowers bisexual or rarely unisexual and dioecious , actinomorphic or zygomorphic .