What is "vaginae"

Vagina \Va*gi"na\, n.; pl. Vagin[ae]. [L. vagina a scabbard or sheath.]

1. (Anat.)

   1. A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.

   2. Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.

3. (Bot.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.

4. (Arch.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.

alt. (context chiefly science English) (en-irregular plural of: vagina) n. (context chiefly science English) (en-irregular plural of: vagina)

n. (context obsolete English) (en-irregular plural of: vagina)

1. n. the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus; "the vagina receives the penis during coitus"; "the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus"

2. [also: vaginae (pl)]

See vagina