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Definition of Polyandrous
1. Adjective. Having more than one husband at a time.
Definition of Polyandrous
1. a. Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
Definition of Polyandrous
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to polyandry. ¹
2. Adjective. (botany) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polyandrous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Polyandrous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyandrous
Literary usage of Polyandrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"Nevertheless various statements relating to polyandrous peoples rather support
the view that intercourse between one woman and several men is unfavourable ..."
2. Second Book of Botany: A Practical Guide to the Observation and Study of Plants by Eliza Ann Youmans (1874)
"On polyandrous Stamens. We now take up the study of the flower at just the ...
Separate those with indefinite stamens, and label them polyandrous (from poly ..."
3. Descriptive Botany: A Practical Guide to the Classification of Plants, with by Eliza Ann Youmans (1885)
"polyandrous Stamens. We now return to the study of the flower at the point where
it was left in Schedule Seventh. The third column of this schedule, ..."
4. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1864)
"I. ON THE polyandrous GENERA. In the 'Botanical Magazine' for April, 1856, ...
In this list a polyandrous genus will be missed, which being referred by ..."
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