English Dictionary: androgynous | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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. |