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Webster 1913 Edition


Polygamia

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Polˊy-ga′mi-a

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Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Polygamous
.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A Linnæan class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.
(b)
A name given by Linnæus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.