polylectic

Meaning

Adjective

• Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.
• Of or relating to a term consisting of more than one word.

Related

Opposite words

• monolectic, oligolectic

Origin

• From Ancient Greek πολύς ("a lot of, much") (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús ("many, much"), from the root *pleh₁-) + λέγειν, from λέγω (from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ("to gather")) -ic.