polygamiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Late Latin polygamia, from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία ‎(polugamía), itself from πολύγαμος ‎(polúgamos, “married to many”), from πολύς ‎(polús, “many”) + γάμος ‎(gámos, “marriage”). Relates to modern prefix & suffix poly- +‎ -gamy.

名詞

polygamia ‎(uncountable)

1. (botany) A Linnæan class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.
2. (botany) A name given by Linnæus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.

参照

• polygamia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913