Plu"ral*ly, adv. In a plural manner or sense.
Plu"ri- (?). [See Plus.] A combining form from L. plus, pluris, more,
many; as pluriliteral.
||Plu"ri*es (?), n. [So called from L. pluries many times, often, which
||occurs in the first clause.] (Law) A writ issued in the third place,
||after two former writs have been disregarded. Mozley & W.
Plu`ri*fa"ri*ous (?), a. [L. plurifarius, fr. L. plus, pluris, many.
Cf. Bifarious.] Of many kinds or fashions; multifarious.
Plu`ri*fo"li*o*late (?), a. [Pluri- + foliolate.] (Bot.) Having
several or many leaflets.
Plu`ri*lit"er*al (?), a. [Pluri- + literal.] Consisting of more letters
than three. - - n. A pluriliteral word.
Plu`ri*loc"u*lar (?), a. [Pluri- + locular.] Having several cells or
loculi; specifically (Bot.), having several divisions containing seeds;
as, the lemon and the orange are plurilocular fruits.
Plurilocular sporangia (Bot.), many- celled sporangia, each cell
containing a single spore, as in many algÊ.
Plu*rip"a*rous (?), a. [Pluri- + L. parere to bring forth.] Producing
several young at a birth; as, a pluriparous animal.
Plu`ri*par"tite (?), a. [Pluri- + partite.] (Bot.) Deeply divided into
several portions.
Plu`ri*pres"ence (?), n. [Pluri- + presence.] Presence in more places
than one. [R.] Johnson.
Plu"ri*sy (?), n. [L. plus, pluris, more.] Superabundance; excess;
plethora. [Obs.] Shak.
Plus (?), a. [L., more; akin to Gr. &?;, &?;, and E. full. See Full,
a., and cf. Pi˘, Pleonasm.]
1. (Math.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from
negative; -- opposed to minus.