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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Androgyne

Androgyne \An"dro*gyne\, n.

  1. An hermaphrodite.

  2. (Bot.) An androgynous plant.
    --Whewell.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
androgyne

"hermaphrodite," mid-12c., from Medieval Latin androgyne, from Greek androgyne (see androgynous).

Wiktionary
androgyne

n. 1 A person who is androgynous. (from mid-16th century) 2 An androgynous plant.

WordNet
androgyne

n. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made [syn: hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, epicine, epicine person]

Usage examples of "androgyne".

Beau Brachman had in fact been imagining a coupling, too: blind, humid, and hot, hot enough to turn the Androgyne inside out, and make him all male.

He nearly collided with a flirtatious androgyne in a very revealing costume who gave him a brazen wink before continuing along.

Females and androgynes only carry genetic equipment for producing other females.

The austere black and gray suits of three androgynes stood out, along with the russet fur of several tecto alters.