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Hermaphroditic   /hərmˌæfrədˈɪtɪk/   Listen
adjective
Hermaphroditical, Hermaphroditic  adj.  
1.
(Biol.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal; characterized by hermaphroditism. Opposite of dioecious.
Synonyms: monoecious, monecious, hermaphrodite.
2.
Specifically: (Botany) Having pistils and stamens in the same flower. Opposite of diclinous.
Synonyms: monoclinous.





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"Hermaphroditic" Quotes from Famous Books



... Lakalatcha's varying moods. In one respect they puzzled me—they were of conflicting genders, some feminine and some masculine, as if in Leavitt's loose-frayed imagination the mountain that beguiled his days and disturbed his nights were hermaphroditic. ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1920 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various


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