Polygala :: Polygala (n.) A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort..

Polygalaceous :: Polygalaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polygalaceae) of which Polygala is the type.

Polygalic :: Polygalic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin..

Polygamia :: Polygamia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant..

Polygamia :: Polygamia (n. pl.) A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.

Polygamian :: Polygamian (a.) Polygamous.

Polygamist :: Polygamist (a.) One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness..

Polygamize :: Polygamize (v. i.) To practice polygamy; to marry several wives.

Polygamous :: Polygamous (a.) Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous..

Polygamous :: Polygamous (a.) Pairing with more than one female.

Polygamous :: Polygamous (a.) Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.

Polygamy :: Polygamy (n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry..

Polygamy :: Polygamy (n.) The state or habit of having more than one mate.

Polygamy :: Polygamy (n.) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.

Polygastrian :: Polygastrian (n.) One of the Polygastrica.

Polygastric :: Polygastric (a.) Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.

Polygastric :: Polygastric (a.) Pertaining to the Polygastrica.

Polygastric :: Polygastric (n.) One of the Polygastrica.

Polygastrica :: Polygastrica (n. pl.) The Infusoria.

Polygenesis :: Polygenesis (n.) Alt. of Polygen.

Polygenetic :: Polygenetic (a.) Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times.

Polygenetic :: Polygenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.

Polygenic :: Polygenic (a.) Of or relating to polygeny; polygenetic.

Polygenism :: Polygenism (n.) The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair.

Polygenist :: Polygenist (n.) One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; -- opposed to monogenist.

Polygenous :: Polygenous (a.) Consisting of, or containing, many kinds; as, a polygenous mountain..

Polygeny :: Polygeny (n.) The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis..

Polyglot :: Polyglot (a.) Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a polyglot lexicon, Bible..

Polyglot :: Polyglot (a.) Versed in, or speaking, many languages..

Polyglot :: Polyglot (n.) One who speaks several languages.

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