polygamia

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polygamia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
         [1913 Webster]