Definitions for unisexualˌyu nəˈsɛk ʃu əl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

u•ni•sex•u•alˌyu nəˈsɛk ʃu əl(adj.)

  1. of or pertaining to one sex only.

    Category: Anatomy

  2. having only male or female organs in one individual, as an animal or a flower.

    Category: Developmental Biology

  3. unisex.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of unisexual:

1795–1805

u`ni•sex`u•al′i•ty(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unisexual(adj)

    relating to only one sex or having only one type of sexual organ; not hermaphroditic

Wiktionary

  1. unisexual(Adjective)

    Of an organism, having characteristics of single sex (as opposed to hermaphrodites).

    Most animals are unisexual.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unisexual(adj)

    having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are in separate individuals; di/cious; -- distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See Di/cious


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