trigamous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: trig=a=mous

CIDE DICTIONARY

trigamous, a. [L. trigamus a thrice-married man, Gr. thrice married; (see Tri-) + marriage: cf. F. trigame.].

 Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, -- male, female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

trigamous, adj.
1 a three times married. b having three wives or husbands at once.
2 Bot. having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers in the same head.

Derivative

trigamist n. trigamy n.

Etymology

Gk trigamos (as TRI-, gamos marriage)