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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Arranged in a single series: specifically used of the arras of Crinoidea in which the component plates may be arranged in one vertical series, or in two such series (biserial), in which case the edges of the plates of each series are beveled to fit into the interspaces of the other series. The arms invariably begin with a uniserial arrangement, the biserial order when present being a secondary development.
  • In the art of decoration, being in a single series in which the elements either face in the same direction, or alternately to one side or the other, or alternately look away from or toward each other.
  • Set in one row or series; one-ranked; unifarious. Beset with one rank, row, or series of things.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having only one row or series.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology, botany Having a single row or series. Unbranched. Uniseriate

Etymologies

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uni- +‎ serial

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