trigamous, a.
(ˈtrɪgəməs)
[f. Gr. τρίγαµ-ος thrice married (f. τρι- + γάµος wedding) + -ous.]
1. Characterized by, involving, or living in trigamy.
| 1886 Pall Mall G. 25 Jan. 4 ‘The Man with Three Wives’ never lives in the trigamous state. 1900 P. F. Willert in Eng. Hist. Rev. July 590 Bigamous and trigamous marriages. 1908 Daily Chron. 22 Jan. 5/5 All three combine to avenge the treachery of the trigamous husband. |
2. Bot. Having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers in the same head. (Cf. polygamous 3.)
| 1842 Brande Dict. Sc., etc., Trigamous,..containing three sorts of flowers in the same flower-head; that is to say, males, females, and hermaphrodites. 1900 in B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms. |