Polycarpic, pol-i-kar′pik, adj. fruiting many times or year after year.
Polycarpous, pol-i-kar′pus, adj. having the fruit composed of two or more distinct carpels.
Polychord, pol′i-kord, adj. having many chords.
Polychrestic, pol-i-kres′tik, adj. admitting of use in various ways.—n. Pol′ychresty.
Polychroite, pol-i-krō′īt, n. safranine.
Polychromatic, pol-i-krō-mat′ik, adj. many-coloured—also Polychrō′mic.—adj. Pol′ychrome, having, or tinted with, several or many colours.—n. Pol′ychromy, decoration or execution in many colours, esp. of statuary or buildings.
Polycladous, pol-i-klā′dus, adj. much-branched.—n. Pol′yclādy, the production of a number of branches where there is normally but one.
Polycotyledon, pol-i-kot-i-lē′don, n. a plant whose embryo has more than two cotyledons or seed-lobes.—adj. Polycotylē′donous.
Polycracy, pō-lik′rā-si, n. government by many rulers.
Polycrotic, pol-i-krot′ik, adj. having several beats—of pulses.