- bringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes.
- producing seeds that germinate on the plant.
- (of animals) producing offspring that as embryos develop within and derive nourishment from the body of the female parent
- (of plants) producing bulbils or young plants instead of flowers
- (of seeds) germinating before separating from the parent plant
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