vivipary

noun

vi·​vip·​a·​ry

-pərē

plural -es

1

: the development of vegetative shoots upon or among the reproductive organs of a plant (as in the proliferous flower clusters of some agaves or the growth of bulblets in the flower cluster of an onion)

2

: viviparity

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary viviparous + -y

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