Pol`y*ga"mi*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Polygamous.] Bot. (a)

A Linnaean class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.

(b)

A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.

 

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