Most deer, cattle, and sheep are polygamous.
Darwin.
3. (Bot.) Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and
unisexual flowers on the same plant.
Po*lyg"a*my (?), n. [Gr. &?;; cf. F. polygamie.] 1. The having of a
plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage
of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several
wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the
East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry.