A term used to describe animal groups – including most mammals – in which the embryos (see EMBRYO) develop inside the mother’s body with the young being born alive (in contrast to, say, birds and reptiles which hatch from eggs).
adj. describing animal groups (including most mammals) in which the embryos develop within the body of the mother so that the young are born alive rather than hatch from an egg. —viviparity n.
Action: Rootstock—astringent, antidiarrhoeal, antileucorrhoeic, antiseptic, antiperiodic. Used in haemoptysis; also for gleet. A decoction is used as a gargle for sore throat and spungy gums, as a lotion for ulcers.... polygonum viviparum
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