trigamousadj.
/ˈtrɪɡəməs/, U.S. /ˈtrɪɡəməs/ 1. Characterized by, involving, or living in trigamy.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > relating to or practising polygamy > relating to or practising trigamy
trigamous1886
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Jan. 4 ‘The Man with Three Wives’ never lives in the trigamous state.
1900 P. F. Willert in Eng. Hist. Rev. July 590 Bigamous and trigamous marriages.
1908 Daily Chron. 22 Jan. 5/5 All three combine to avenge the treachery of the trigamous husband.
2. Botany. Having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers in the same head. (Cf. polygamous adj. 2.)
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by parts or form > characterized by sex of flowers
malea1398
masculinea1550
androgynous1739
polygamous1757
monoecious1761
polygamious1761
monoicous1822
monoclinous1828
monoecian1828
trigamous1842
hermaphrodite1854
triœcious1860
monoecious1861
synœcious1863
synoicous1863
autoicous1875
andro-diœcious1877
andromonœcious1877
gynodioecious1877
gynomonoecious1877
monoicous1877
autoecious1896
monoclinian1900
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1258/1 Trigamous,..containing three sorts of flowers in the same flower-head; that is to say, males, females, and hermaphrodites.
1900 in B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms
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adj.1842