POLYGAMIA

polygamia. Polygamia, n. a class of plants with hermaphrodite flowers, and also with male or female or both

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‖Pol′y‐ga″mi‐a (?), n. 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.