Po-lŷg'e-noŭs, a.

(po-lĭj'e-nŭs), a. [Gr. πολύς, many, and γενεῖν, to produce, πολυγενής, of many or various families; Fr. polygène.] Consisting of many kinds; as, a polygenous mountain, which is composed of strata of different species of stone. Kirwan.