poly act is

[Pref. poly-, and Gr. aktis =a ray.] Bot.: A genus of Hyphomycetous Fungals, suborder Mucedines. Polyact is vulgar is is a common mold on decaying plants. pol--ăd, s. [Gr. poly =many; suff. -ad.] Chem.: An element whose atomicity is greater than unity. pol-ý-a-dělph, s. [POLY A DELPH I A.] Bot.: One of the Poly a delph i a. pol---děl-phi-a, s. pl. [Mod. Lat., from pref. poly-, and Gr. adelphos =a brother.] Bot .: The eighteenth cla in Linnæus' artificial system. Many stamens, in more than two bundles. From the difficulty of ascertaining this fact, the cla was suppre ed by some Linnæan botanists. Orders, Dec and ria and Poly and ria.