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Poly
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Poly, n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium, Gr. .].
A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium Polium ) of the order Labiatæ , found throughout the Mediterranean region. The name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus. [1913 Webster]
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