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Androgynous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANDROG'YNOUS, a. [Gr. a man and woman.]
Having two sexes; being male and female; hermaphroditical.
In botany, the word is applied to plants which bear both male and female flowers from the same root, as birch, walnut, oak, chestnut, mulberry, etc. These plants constitute the monecian class in Linne's system, and frequently have an amentum, thong or catkin, for a calyx.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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 [ant: female, male]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin androgynus hermaphrodite, from Greek androgynos, from andr- + gyn? woman — more at queen Date: 1651 1. having the characteristics or nature of both male and female 2. a. neither specifically feminine nor masculine <the androgynous pronoun them> b. suitable to or for either sex <androgynous clothing> 3. having traditional male and female roles obscured or reversed <an androgynous marriage> • androgynously adverb • androgyny noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 hermaphrodite. 2 Bot. with stamens and pistils in the same flower or inflorescence.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. In biology, an androgynous person, animal, or plant has both male and female sexual characteristics. (TECHNICAL) = hermaphroditic ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you describe someone as androgynous, you mean that they are not distinctly masculine or feminine in appearance or in behaviour. ADJ: usu ADJ n