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Polygalaceous
- - Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polygalace) of which Polygala is the type.
Polygonaceous
- - Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonace), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera.
Polygonometry
- - The doctrine of polygons; an extension of some of the principles of trigonometry to the case of polygons.
Polygraphical
- - Pertaining to, or employed in, polygraphy; as, a polygraphic instrument.
Polymastigina
- noun - small usually parasitic flagellates
Polymastigote
- noun - flagellates with several flagella
Polymeniscous
- - Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.
Polymorphemic
- adjective - consisting of two or more morphemes
Polymorphisms
- noun - (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)
- (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound
- (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on
Polymorphosis
- - The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc.