androgyne: a person who manifests a merging of the roles traditionally stereotyped as belonging to male and female, respectively [from Greek, andros, man + gyne, woman]. Formerly the term was also used as a synonym for male pseudohermaphrodite, along with gynandroid as a synonym for female pseudohermaphrodite.

Dictionary of Sexology Project: Main Index

An"dro*gyne (#), n.

1.

An hermaphrodite.

2. Bot.

An androgynous plant.

Whewell.

 

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