Polygamy

[pə'lɪgəmɪ] or [pə'lɪɡəmi]

Definition

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

Editor: Yvonne--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Typist: Rachel

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Plurality of wives or of husbands.

Typed by Lisa

Definition

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.

Edited by Carmella