Found 2 items, similar to Poly.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Po
Po
n 1: a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium
and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced
by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor
[syn:
polonium,
atomic number 84]
2: a noncommissioned officer in the navy with a rank comparable
to sergeant in the army [syn:
petty officer,
P.O.]
3: a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea [syn:
Po River
]
4: an independent agency of the federal government responsible
for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications)
between individuals and businesses in the United States
[syn:
United States Post Office,
US Post Office,
Post Office
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Poly
Poly
\Po"ly\, n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps
Teucrium polium, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
A whitish woolly plant (
Teucrium Polium) of the order
Labiat[ae], found throughout the Mediterranean region. The
name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other
related species of the same genus. [Spelt also
poley.]
[1913 Webster]
Poly mountain. See
Poly-mountain, in Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster]