Definitions for "Viviparous"
Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous.
reproduction in which fertilization and development take place within the female body and the developing embryo derives nourishment from the female.
Bearing live young; having offspring that develop within the body and are born alive, rather than producing an egg that develops outside the body (Morris 1992).
Refers to the development of an organism through the juvenile stage within a parent.
(L. viviparus: viviparous) adj. Of seeds or fruits, germinating before being shed from the parent plant. Sprouting on the parent plant, as the bulblets forming in some inflorescences.
of seeds or fruits, germinating before being shed from the parent plant. Back to Glossary Index