Definition of Polygynous

1. Adjective. Having more than one wife at a time.

Similar to: Polygamous
Derivative terms: Polygyny

Definition of Polygynous

1. Adjective. (botany) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia; polygynian. ¹

2. Adjective. Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polygynous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Polygynous

1. Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygynous

polygraphing
polygraphist
polygraphists
polygraphs
polygraphy
polygrooved
polygyn
polygynae
polygyne
polygynia
polygynian
polygynies
polygynist
polygynists
polygynous (current term)
polygynously
polygyny
polygyria
polyhalite
polyhaloalkane
polyhaloalkanes
polyhalogenated
polyhalogenation
polyhalogeno
polyharmonic
polyhe
polyhedra
polyhedral
polyhedral angle

Literary usage of Polygynous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wood's Illustrated Plant Record: With King's Check Tablets, for the Rapid ...by Alphonso Wood, Franklin Hiram King by Alphonso Wood, Franklin Hiram King (1877)
"polygynous ; with many (oo ) pistils. Simple ; consisting of but 1 carpel, 1 style, 1 stigma, 1 cell, 1 placenta. Compound ; composed of 2 or more carpels ..."

2. The Science of Ethics by Michael Cronin (1917)
"In a polygynous family, it will not be necessary to show, such love is wholly impossible. In the polygynous union the wife cannot be loved as an equal, ..."

3. The New Church Law on Matrimony by Joseph Julius Charles Petrovits, Catholic Church (1919)
"A polygynous union does not interfere with the principal primary end of marriage, and even the subordinate primary end, namely, the education of children, ..."

4. Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles Abram Ellwood (1919)
"This must necessarily be so, because in the polygynous family the care of the children ... While we have no statistics of infant mortality from polygynous ..."

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