POLYGAMOUS


Meaning of POLYGAMOUS in English

adj.1 having more than one wife or husband at the same time.

2 having more than one mate.

3 bearing some flowers with stamens only, some with pistils only, some with both, on the same or different plants.

Derivatives:

polygamic adj. polygamist n. polygamously adv. polygamy n.

Etymology: Gk polugamos (as POLY-(1), -gamos marrying)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.