ANDROGYNOUS

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) An animal whch po e es the organs of both sexes, as the snail. An hermaphrodite. In Physiology, the po e ion of the organs of both sexes in the same individual, either naturally, as in the snail; or preternaturally, as in the free martin and similar monsters. An hermaphrodite. ^ In Botany, a union of both males and females, either in the same flower, which is also called hermaphrodite; or upon the same plant, the sexes being in different flowers, as in the birch and similar trees. The latter is what Linnajus called monoecious. [s. 63]