POLYMNITE
Pol"ym*nite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Defn: A stone marked with dendrites and black lines, and so disposed as to represent rivers, marshes, etc.
POLYMORPH
Pol"y*morph, n. Etym: [Gr. polymorphe.] (Crystallog.)
Defn: A substance capable of crystallizing in several distinct forms; also, any one of these forms. Cf. Allomorph.
POLYMORPHIC
Pol`y*mor"phic, a.
Defn: Polymorphous.
POLYMORPHISM
Pol`y*mor"phism, n.
1. (Crystallog.)
Defn: Same as Pleomorphism.
2. (Biol.) (a) The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form. (b) Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.