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trigamous, a.|ˈtrɪgəməs|
[f. Gr. τρίγαµ-ος thrice married (f. τρι- + γάµος wedding) + -ous.]
1. Characterized by, involving, or living in trigamy.
1886Pall Mall G. 25 Jan. 4 ‘The Man with Three Wives’ never lives in the trigamous state. 1900P. F. Willert in Eng. Hist. Rev. July 590 Bigamous and trigamous marriages. 1908Daily Chron. 22 Jan. 5/5 All three combine to avenge the treachery of the trigamous husband.
2. Bot. Having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers in the same head. (Cf. polygamous 3.)
1842Brande Dict. Sc., etc., Trigamous,..containing three sorts of flowers in the same flower-head; that is to say, males, females, and hermaphrodites. 1900in B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms. |