PO'LEY, noun [Latin polium; Gr. white.] A plant. The poley grass is of the genus Lythrum.
POLY, in compound words, is from the Greek, and signifies many; as in polygon, a figure of many angles.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.