poly : Idioms & Phrases

• noun annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas
  Lythrum hyssopifolia; hyssop loosestrife.
  

WordNet

• (Bot.), a species of willowwort (Lythrum Hyssopifolia). Johnson.

Webster 1913

• . See Poly-mountain, in Vocabulary.

Webster 1913

Pol"y-

Etymology

See Full, a.

Definitions

1. A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as, polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many atoms; polychord, polyconic.

Webster 1913

Po`ly-moun"tain noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) (a) Same as Poly, n. (b) The closely related Teucrium montanum, formerly called Polium montanum, a plant of Southern Europe. (c) The Bartsia alpina, a low purple-flowered herb of Europe.

Webster 1913

Roll"y-po`ly noun

Definitions

1. A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled into a cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed. -- a. Shaped like a rolly-poly; short and stout. Written also roly-poly.

Webster 1913

• noun a rotund individual
  butterball; fatty; fatso; fat person.
  
• noun pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
  roly-poly.
  
• adjective satellite short and plump
  podgy; dumpy; pudgy; tubby.
  

WordNet

Ro"ly-po`ly noun & adjective

Definitions

1. Rolly-poly.

Webster 1913

• noun pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
  roly-poly.
  

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