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- English Word Polycyttaria Definition A division of Radiolaria. It includes those having one more central capsules.
- English Word Polydactylism Definition The possession of more that the normal number of digits.
- English Word Polydipsia Definition Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease.
- English Word Polyedron Definition See Polyhedron.
- English Word Polyedrous Definition See Polyhedral.
- English Word Polyeidic Definition Passing through several distinct larval forms; -- having several distinct kinds of young.
- English Word Polyeidism Definition The quality or state of being polyeidic.
- English Word Polyembryonate Definition Consisting of, or having, several embryos; polyembryonic.
- English Word Polyembryonic Definition Polyembryonate.
- English Word Polyembryony Definition The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.
- English Word Polyfoil Definition Same as Multifoil.
- English Word Polygala Definition A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.
- English Word Polygalaceous Definition Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polygalaceae) of which Polygala is the type.
- English Word Polygalic Definition Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin.
- English Word Polygamia Definition A Linnaean class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.
- English Word Polygamia Definition A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.
- English Word Polygamian Definition Polygamous.
- English Word Polygamist Definition One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness.
- English Word Polygamize Definition To practice polygamy; to marry several wives.
- English Word Polygamous Definition Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous.