Definitions

1. verb

to have or be furnished with a single valve or a valve that opens in one piece.

“The engineer carefully designed the new system to univalvate the complex machinery.”

2. adjective

having or consisting of a single valve.

“The univalvate flowers were found in the rare species of plant.”

3. noun

a flower with a single valve or a valve that opens in one piece.

“The botanist studied the characteristics of the univalvate flowers in the new species.”