| POLYCARPIC | • polycarpic adj. (Botany) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year. • polycarpic adj. (Botany) Having several carpels in one flower. • POLYCARPIC adj. fruiting many times, or year after year, also POLYCARPOUS. |
| POLYCHAETE | • polychaete n. Alternative spelling of polychete. • POLYCHAETE n. a type of aquatic worm (including lugworms and ragworms), also POLYCHETE. |
| POLYCHASIA | • POLYCHASIUM n. a cymose inflorescence in which three or more branches arise from each node. |
| POLYCHETES | • polychetes n. Plural of polychete. • POLYCHETE n. a type of aquatic worm (including lugworms and ragworms), also POLYCHAETE. |
| POLYCHREST | • polychrest n. (Medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases. • POLYCHREST n. a thing or medicine useful in many ways. |
| POLYCHROIC | • polychroic adj. Having many colours. • POLYCHROIC adj. displaying different colours when seen from different directions, also PLEOCHROIC. |
| POLYCHROME | • polychrome adj. Using multiple colours. • polychrome adj. Executed in the manner of polychromy. • polychrome n. (Countable) A piece of multicolored pottery. |
| POLYCHROMY | • polychromy n. Polychrome painting. • polychromy n. The painting of statues etc. • POLYCHROMY n. the art or practice of combining different colors, esp. brilliant ones, in an artistic way. |
| POLYCLINIC | • polyclinic n. A usually private clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated. • POLYCLINIC n. a clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; esp. an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease. |
| POLYCLONAL | • polyclonal adj. (Biology) descended from more than one small group of cells, especially ones of different genetic origin. • polyclonal n. Synonym of polyclonal antibody. • POLYCLONAL n. a type of antibody. |
| POLYCOTTON | • polycotton n. A fabric made from a blend of cotton and artificial fibres, especially of polyester fibres. • POLYCOTTON n. a synthetic fabric. |
| POLYCROTIC | • polycrotic adj. (Physiology) Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism. • POLYCROTIC adj. of or pertaining to polycrotism, the state of having several beats to each heartbeat. |
| POLYCYCLIC | • polycyclic adj. Involving more than one cycle. • polycyclic adj. (Chemistry) Having two or more rings of atoms in the molecule. • polycyclic n. A polycyclic compound. |
| POLYCYSTIC | • polycystic adj. (Medicine) Having many cysts. • POLYCYSTIC adj. having or involving more than one cyst. |