Polygamy

pō-lig′a-mi, n. the practice of having more than one wife at the same time.— n.pl. Polygā′mia , the 23d cla in the Linnæan system, embracing plants in which the stamens and pistils are separate in some flowers and a ociated in others.— adj. Polygā′mian .— n. Polyg′amist .— adj. Polyg′amous , relating to polygamy: ( bot. ) a term applied to plants which bear both unisexual and hermaphrodite flowers, either on the same or on different individual plants. [Gr.,— polys , many, gamos , marriage.]