Polygamy

[pə'lɪgəmɪ] or [pə'lɪɡəmi]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) having more than one spouse at a time.

整理:伊冯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry.

(n.) The state or habit of having more than one mate.

(n.) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.

手打:雷切尔

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Plurality of wives or of husbands.

錄入:丽莎

解釋/意思:

n. the practice of having more than one wife at the same time.—n.pl. Polygā′mia the 23d class in the Linn鎍n system embracing plants in which the stamens and pistils are separate in some flowers and associated in others.—adj. Polygā′mian.—n. Polyg′amist.—adj. Polyg′amous relating to polygamy: (bot.) a term applied to plants which bear both unisexual and hermaphrodite flowers either on the same or on different individual plants.

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