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Polygony vs Polygyny - What's the difference?

polygony | polygyny |

As nouns the difference between polygony and polygyny

is that polygony is any plant of the genus Polygonum, especially knotgrass while polygyny is the state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives - H. Spencer

polygony

English

(wikipedia polygony) (Polygonum)

Noun

(polygonies)
  • Any plant of the genus Polygonum , especially knotgrass.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.v:
    • There, whether it diuine Tobacco'' were, / Or ''Panachæa'', or ''Polygony , / She found, and brought it to her patient deare [...].

    polygyny

    English

    Noun

    (polygynies)
  • The state or practice of having several wives]] at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives - [[w:Herbert Spencer, H. Spencer

    • Derived terms

    * polygynist * polygynous

    Antonyms

    * monogamy * monogyny * polyandry

    Hypernyms

    * polygamy

    Coordinate terms

    * bigamy