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polygenous

polygenous adjective: consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres.

Adjective

polygenous (comparative more polygenous, superlative most polygenous)

  1. Consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres
    • a polygenous mountain
  2. of or pertaining to polygenesis

Forms of polygenous

comparativemore polygenous
superlativemost polygenous

Origin of polygenous

From poly- + -genous.

Questions about polygenous

What does polygenous mean?
Polygenous means consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres.
What part of speech is polygenous?
Polygenous is an adjective.

Words near polygenous in the dictionary

  1. polygenome
  2. polygenomes
  3. polygenomic
  4. polygenotype
  5. polygenotypes
  6. polygenous
  7. polygeny
  8. polyglacial
  9. polyglacialism
  10. polyglacialist
  11. polyglacialists

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