About The Word Androgynous
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Androgynous
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What's The Definition Of Androgynous?
[adj] having both male and female characteristics
Synonyms | Synonyms for Androgynous: bisexual | epicene | gynandromorphic | gynandromorphous | hermaphrodite | hermaphroditic | intersexual | pseudohermaphrodite | pseudohermaphroditic | unisex Related Terms | Find terms related to Androgynous: See Also | Androgynous In Webster's Dictionary \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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