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.
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.
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.