Pōl'y-a-dĕl'phi-ā, n.

noun

n. [Fr. polyadelphie, fr. Gr. πολὺς, many, and ἀδελφός, brother.] (Bot.) A class of plants, in the Linnæan system, having stamens united in three or more bodies, or bundles, by the filaments.

A botanical diagram of a flower with its stamens united into several bundles.
Polyadelphia.