POLYANDRIAN
POLYAN'DRIAN, adjective Having many stamens, that is, any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
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POLYANDRY
POLYAN'DRY, noun [supra.] The practice of females' having more husbands than one at the same time; plurality of husbands.
POLYANTH
POL'YANTHPOLYANTH'OS, noun [Gr. many, and a flower.] A plant of the genus Primula or primrose, whose flower stalks produce flowers in clusters.
POLYAUTOGRAPHY
POLYAUTOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. many, he himself, and to write.]The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting or of manuscripts, by engraving on stone; a species...
POLYCHORD
POL'YCHORD, adjective [Gr. many and chord.]Having many chords or strings.
POLYCHREST
POL'YCHREST, noun [Gr. many, and useful.] In pharmacy, a medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
POLYCHROITE
POL'YCHROITE, noun [Gr. many, and to color.]The coloring matter of saffron.
POLYCOTYLEDON
POLYCOTYL'EDON, noun [Gr. many, and a cavity.] In botany, a plant that has many or more than two cotyledons or lobes to the seed.
POLYCOTYLEDONOUS
POLYCOTYLED'ONOUS, adjective Having more than two lobes to the seed.
POLYEDRIC
POLYEDRICPOLYEDROUS. [See Polyhedron and Polyhedral.]
POLYGAM
POL'YGAMPOLYGAM'IAN, noun [Gr. many, and marriage.] In botany, a plant which bears hermaphrodite flowers, with male or female flowers, or both, not inclosed in the same common c...
POLYGAMIST
POLYG'AMIST, noun [See Polygamy.] A person who maintains the lawfulness of polygamy.
POLYGAMOUS
POLYG'AMOUS, adjective Consisting of polygamy.1. Inclined to polygamy; having a plurality of wives.
POLYGAMY
POLYG'AMY, noun [Gr. many, and marriage.] A plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; or the having of such plurality. When a man has more wives than one, or a woman more...
POLYGAR
POL'YGAR, noun In Hindoostan, an inhabitant of the woods.
POLYGENOUS
POLYG'ENOUS, adjective [Gr. many, and kind.] Consisting of many kinds; as a polygenous mountain, which is composed of strata of different species of stone.
POLYGLOT
POL'YGLOT, adjective [Gr. many, and tongue.] Having or containing many languages; as a polyglot lexicon or Bible.POL'YGLOT, noun A book containing many languages, particularly t...
POLYGON
POL'YGON, noun [Gr. many, and an angle.] In geometry, a figure of many angles and sides, and whose perimeter consists at least of more than four sides.
POLYGONAL
POLYG'ONALPOLYG'ONOUS, adjective Having many angles.
POLYGONUM
POLYG'ONUMPOL'YGON, noun [Gr. many, and knee or knot.] Knotgrass, a genus of plants so names from the numerous joints in the stem.
POLYGRAM
POL'YGRAM, noun [Gr. many, and a writing.]A figure consisting of many lines.
POLYGRAPH
POL'YGRAPH, noun [See Polygraphy.] An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing with ease and expedition.
POLYGRAPHIC
POLYGRAPH'ICPOLYGRAPH'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to polygraphy; as a polygraphic instrument.1. Done with a polygraph; as a polygraphic copy or writing.
POLYGRAPHICAL
POLYGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to polygraphy; as a polygraphic instrument.1. Done with a polygraph; as a polygraphic copy or writing.
POLYGRAPHY
POLYG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. many, and a writing; to write.]The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same.
POLYGYN
POL'YGYN, noun [Gr. many, and a female.]In botany, a plant having many pistils.
POLYGYNIAN
POLYGYN'IAN, adjective Having many pistils.