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Adjective: polysemous  pu'li-su-mus or ,pó-lee'see-mus
  1. Of words; having many meanings
    "We argue that this multiplicity of meanings makes communications employing polysemous language more complex";
    - polysemantic, polysemic

See also: ambiguous

Encyclopedia: Polysemous

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Polystichum
Polystichum acrostichoides
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