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POLYPH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. many and leaf.] In botany, many-leafed; as a polyphyllous...
POL'YPIER, n. The name given to the habitations of polypes, or to the common par...
POL'YPITE, n. Fossil polype.
POL'YPODE, n. [Gr.] An animal having many feet; the milleped or wood-louse.
POLYP'ODY, n. [L. polypodium, from the Greek. See Polype .] A plant of the genus...
POL'YPOUS, a. [from polypus.] Having the nature of the polypus; having many feet...
POL'YPUS, n. [Gr. many and foot.] 1. Something that has many feet or roots. 2. I...
POL'YSCOPE, n. [Gr. many and to view.] A glass which makes a single object appea...
POL'YSPAST,n. [Gr. many and to draw.] A machine consisting of many pulleys.
POL'YSPERM, n. [Gr. many and See d.] A tree whose fruit contains many See ds.
POLYSPERM'OUS, a. Containing many See ds; as a polyspermous capsule or berry.
POLYSYLLAB'IC POLYSYLLAB'ICAL, a. [from polysyllable.] Pertaining to a polysylla...
POL'YSYLLABLE, n. [Gr.many and a syllable.] A word of many syllables, that is, c...
POLYSYN'DETON, n. [Gr. many and connecting.] A figure of rhetoric by which the c...
POLYTECH'NIC, a. [Gr.many and art.] Denoting or comprehending many arts; as a po...
POL'YTHEISM, n. [Gr. many and God.] The doctrine of a plurality of gods or invis...