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Androgyne

An′dro-gyne

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Noun.
1.
An hermaphrodite.
2.
(Bot.)
An androgynous plant.
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Definition 2024


androgyne

androgyne

English

Noun

androgyne (plural androgynes)

  1. A person who is androgynous. [from mid-16th century]
    Billy looked up at the face that went with the clogs. It was the face of a blond angel, of a fifteen-year-old boy. The boy was as beautiful as Eve. Billy was helped to his feet by the lovely boy, by the heavenly androgyne.[1]
  2. An androgynous plant.

Translations

References

  1. Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

French

Adjective

androgyne m, f (plural androgynes)

  1. androgynous

Noun

androgyne m, f (plural androgynes)

  1. androgyne, androgynous person
  2. androgyne, androgynous plant

Related terms


German

Adjective

androgyne

  1. inflected form of androgyn

Latin

Noun

androgyne

  1. vocative singular of androgynus

References