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polygamia

polygamia


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polygamia  \Pol`y*ga"mi*a\,  n.  pl  [NL.  See  {Polygamous}.]  (Bot.) 
  a  A  Linn[ae]an  class  of  plants,  characterized  by  having 
  both  hermaphrodite  and  unisexual  flowers  on  the  same 
  plant. 
  b  A  name  given  by  Linn[ae]us  to  file  orders  of  plants 
  having  syngenesious  flowers.