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English Dictionary: androgynous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
androgynous
adj
  1. relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance
  2. having both male and female characteristics
    Antonym(s): female, male
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Androgynous \An*drog"y*nous\, Androgynal \An*drog"y*nal\, a. [L.
      androgynus, Gr. [?]; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf.
      F. androgyne.]
      1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics
            of both; being in nature both male and female;
            hermaphroditic. --Owen.
  
                     The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous.
                                                                              --Coleridge.
  
      2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous
            flowers in the same cluster.
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