Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Poly \Po"ly\, n. [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps
   Teucrium polium, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
   A whitish woolly plant ({Teucrium Polium}) of the order
   {Labiat[ae]}, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The
   name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other
   related species of the same genus. [Spelt also {poley}.]

   {Poly mountain}. See {Poly-mountain}, in Vocabulary.

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Poly
     
         1. A {polymorphic}, {block-structured} language
        developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s.
     
        ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J.
        Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence,
        M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988].
     
        2. A language developed at Saint Andrews University, Scotland.
     
        [Software Practice & Exp, Oct 1986].
     
        3. A {polymorphic} language used in the referenced book.
     
        ["Polymorphic Programming Languages", David M. Harland, Ellis
        Horwood 1984].
     
        (2000-11-07)