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Webster 1913 Edition


Polygenous

Po-lyg′e-nous

,
Adj.
[
Poly-
+
-genous
: cf. Gr. [GREEK] of many families.]
Consisting of, or containing, many kinds;
as, a
polygenous
mountain
.
Kirwan.

Webster 1828 Edition


Polygenous

POLYG'ENOUS

,
Adj.
[Gr. many, and kind.] Consisting of many kinds; as a polygenous mountain, which is composed of strata of different species of stone.