viviparous

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
viviparous /vɪˈvɪp(ə)rəs, vʌɪ-/

▶adjective Zoology

• 1 (of an animal) bringing forth live young which have developed inside the body of the parent. Compare with oviparous and ovoviviparous.

• 2 Botany (of a plant) reproducing from buds which form plantlets while still attached to the parent plant, or from seeds which germinate within the fruit.

– derivatives
viviparity /ˌvɪvɪˈparɪti/ noun,
viviparously adverb.

– origin C17: from L. viviparus (from vivus ‘alive’ + -parus ‘bearing’) + -ous.