- Zoology. Giving birth to living offspring that develop within the mother's body. Most mammals and some other animals are viviparous.
- Botany.
- Germinating or producing seeds that germinate before becoming detached from the parent plant, as in the mangrove.
- Producing bulbils or new plants rather than seed, as in the tiger lily.
[From Latin vīviparus : vīvus, alive + -parus, -parous.]
viviparity vi'vi·par'i·ty (vī'və-păr'ĭ-tē, vĭv'ə-) n.viviparously vi·vip'a·rous·ly adv.





