polyandrous
English
Adjective
polyandrous (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to polyandry.
- "Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing polyandrous populations, a society where women marry several men." — Los Angeles Times, December 25, 1988
- (botany) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.
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