Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PO-LYPH'YL-LOUS
PO-LYPH'O-NISTPOL'Y-PIER, or POL'Y-PA-RY
PO-LYPH'YL-LOUS, a. [Gr. πολυς, many, and φυλλον, leaf.]
In botany, many-leafed; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
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