polyandrous

[ pol-ee-an-druh s ]

/ ˌpɒl iˈæn drəs /

of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.

Botany. having an indefinite number of stamens.

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First recorded in 1820–30, polyandrous is from the Greek word polyándros having many husbands. See poly-, -androus

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The word Pachbhaiya means ‘five brothers,’ and this name possibly commemorates a polyandrous connection of some Audhelia woman.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India|R. V. Russell
Polyandry is usually the result of poverty, and the polyandrous races are little fecund and tend to disappear.
The Sexual Question|August Forel
Nymphomaniacs often have polyandrous instincts, and they then become more insatiable than men.
The Sexual Question|August Forel
Polyandrous, with numerous stamens (inserted on the receptacle), 100.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray

A man may be polygamous in one village, and be one of a polyandrous lot of men a few miles off.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

[ pŏl′ē-ăn′drəs ]

Relating to a species of animals in which the females mate with more than one male in a single breeding season.

Relating to an angiosperm plant that has an indefinite number of stamens in its flowers.