Polyadelphia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polyadelphia \Pol`y*a*del"phi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s
     many + ? brother.] (Bot.)
     A Linn[ae]an class of plants having stamens united in three
     or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.
     [1913 Webster] Polyadelphian