androgyne

[In Lat. s. fem. = a masculine, heroic woman; in Gr. feminine of ἀνδρόγυνος (androgunos) = a hermaphrodite: from ἀνήρ ( anër ), gen it. ἀνδρός ( andros ) = a man, a male; and γυνή (gunē) = a woman.] A hermaphrodite. ăn-drog-yn-ous, a . [Lat. androgynus = a hermaphrodite.) Presenting the characteristics of both sexes in the same individual; at once male and female; pertaining to a hermaphrodite. Bot. Producing both male and feinale organs on the same root, or in the same flower. (Loudon: Cyclo. of Plants , 1829, Glo .)