See Also: Day of the Triffids, The(dictionary)
polysemous(dictionary)
polysemous(dictionary)

Day of the Triffids, The (oh) and polysemous (iou)


Day of the Triffids, The (oh)



a science Fiction book by John Wyndham. The triffids are large poisonous plants that can move, and they become powerful after a bright light in the sky makes most people blind.

polysemous (iou)



polysemous adjective. L19.
[from medieval Latin polysemus from Greek polusemos, formed as POLY- + sema sign, semainein signify: see -OUS.]
Having many meanings; Linguistics. = POLYSEMIC.