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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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 [ant: female,
       male]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

            The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous.
                                                  --Coleridge.
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   2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous
      flowers in the same cluster.
      [1913 Webster] Androgyny

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