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androgyne

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an⋅dro⋅gyne

[an-druh-jahyn]
–noun
1. an androgynous plant.
2. an androgynous person, as one who chooses unisex clothing.
3. a female pseudohermaphrodite.
4. a being of ambiguous sexual identity; one that combines major aspects of both the male and the female.

Origin:
1545–55; < MF < L androgynus < Gk andrógynos hermaphrodite, equiv. to andro- andro- + gyn- gyn- + -os masc. n. suffix
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an·dro·gyne   (ān'drə-jīn')   
n.  An androgynous individual.

[French, from Old French, from Latin androgynus; see androgynous.]
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Main Entry: an·dro·gyne
Pronunciation: 'an-dr&-"jIn
Function: noun
: HERMAPHRODITE 1
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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