unicate

English

Noun

unicate (plural unicates)

  1. (botany, zoology) A biological specimen that has no duplicates.
    • 1986, John Dransfield, “A guide to collecting palms”, in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 73, number 1, page 167:
      Dead inflorescences and infructescences are well worth collecting if no fresh material is available or if fresh material is only sufficient for a unicate or one duplicate.
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