poly a cant hid (pol"iakan′thid)

[ II. n. An instrument for multiplying or magnifying sounds. poly acoustics (pol"i-a-kösʼtiks), n. [Pl. of poly acoustic (see -ics ).] The art or science of multiplying sounds. polyact (pol"i-akt), a. [ polyactinal (pol-i-ak'ti-nal), a. [ many, + ἀδελφός, brother.] In bot., a plant having its stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments. Poly a delph i a (pol"i-a-del'fi-ä), n. pl. [NL.: see poly a delph. ] In bot., the eighteenth cla of the Linnean system, in which the stamens are united by their filaments into three or more sets or brother hoods. Poly a delph. polyarchy narrow petals, and numerous carpels each with only one or two ovules. The 40 species are natives of tropical Asia, tropical and southern Africa, and Austral asia. They bear obliquely feather-veined alternate leaves, and solitary or clustered flowers, followed by globose or oblong one-seeded stalked berries. See mast - tree, 2. poly and ria (pol-i-an' (pol-i-an'dri-ä), n . [NL.: see poly andry . 1. Same as polyandry.-2. [ cap .] [Used as a plural.] In bot ., according to the Linnean system, a cla of hermaphrodite of hermaphrodite flowering plants having more than twenty hypogynous stamens of equal length, free from each other and from the pistils. polyandrian (pol-i-an'dri-an), a. [ = polyandric (pol-i-an'drik), a. [= F. poly an drique Pg. poly and rico; as polyandr-y+-ic.] Relating to or characterized by polyandry. Also polyandrous. Westminster Rev., April, 1868, p. 410. polyandrion (pol-i-an'dri-on), n.; pl. poly and ria (-8). [ who fell at Platæa, 479 в. с. poly and rio us (pol-i-an'dri-us), a. In bot., same as polyandrous. polyandrist (pol-i-an'drist), n. [ polyandrous (pol-i-an'drus), a. [ polyandry (pol-i-an'dri), n. [= F. polyandrie = Sp. pol i and ria = Pg. poly and ria = It. pol i andria, of the Pacific, etc. It is sometimes limited to the marriage of the woman to two or more brothers. poly a delph i an (pol"i-a-del'fi-an), a . [ Polya- India, among certain tribes in America and the islands delphia + -an .] Same as polijadelphous . polyadelphite (pol i-a-del'fit), n . [ poly a delph ) , + -ite2 .] A ma ive brownish-yellow variety of iron garnet occurring in the zinc-mines in Su ex county, New Jersey. polyadelphous (pol"i-a-del'fus), a. [= F. poly adelphe = Pg. polyadelpho = It. poliadelfo, πολυάδελφος, having many brothers: see poly a delph. In bot, having the stamens united in three or more bundles or parcels, as some species of Hypericum. Also poly a delph i an.