| polygamia | <botany> A Linnaean class of plants, characterised by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers. Origin: NL. See Polygamous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| polygamian | <botany> Polygamous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| polygamodioecious | Having bisexual and male flowers on some plants, and bisexual and female flowers on others. (09 Oct 1997) |
| polygamomonoecious | Having bisexual and unisexual flowers on the same plant. (09 Oct 1997) |
| polygamous | 1. Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterised by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; opposed to monogamous. 2. <zoology> Pairing with more than one female. "Most deer, cattle, and sheep are polygamous." (Darwin) 3. <botany> Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. Origin: Gr. Living polygamy; many + marriage. Cf. Bigamy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| polygamy | 1. 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. 2. <zoology> The state or habit of having more than one mate. 3. <botany> The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers. Origin: Gr.; cf. F. Polygamie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |