Polyandrous

Full definition of polyandrous

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to polyandry.
• "Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing polyandrous populations, a society where women marry several men." — Los Angeles Times, December 25, 1988
2. (botany) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.