Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for POL-Y-AN'DER
POL-Y-A-DELPH'I-ANPOL-Y-AN'DRI-AN
POL-Y-AN'DER, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, and ανηρ, a male.]
In botany, a monoclinous or hermaphrodite plant having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
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