polyphore (polifor)

[= F polyphore, [ having several different lines of descent: as, a polyphyletic origin.-2. Of or pertaining to the doctrine or theory that animals are not mono The different phonetic values Encyc . Brit ., XI. 801. polyphon i a (pol-i-fō'ni-ä), n. [NL.: see poly phony.] Same as polyphony . polyphon i an (pol-i-fō'ni-an), a. n-ous +-ian.] Many-voiced; polyphonic. I love the air; her dainty sweets refresh My drooping soul, and to new sweets invite me; Her shrill mouth'd choir sustain me with their flesh, And with their Polyphon i an notes delight me. Quarles, Emblems, v. 6. IMG:content-0602.png:[blocks in formation] afed: bot ., many-leafed as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth. polyphylly (pol'i-fil-i), n. [ polyphyllia , In bot . , an increase in the number of members polyphyllus , many-leafed: see polyphyllous .] tamerous calyx has six or more sepals, as is or organs in a whorl, as when a normally pen occasionally the case in the plum. Foliage, leaves, and all the parts of the flowers may be so affected.