2. Adjective. (philosophy) Exhibiting characteristics of both feminine and masculine. Both denotational synonym and connotational antonym of androgynous. ¹
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Definition of Gynandrous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Gynandrous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gynandrous
Literary usage of Gynandrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lessons in Elementary Botany: The Part of Systematic Botany Based Upon by Daniel Oliver, John Stevens Henslow (1895)
"From the adhesion of the stamen to the pistil it is termed gynandrous. The flower
of Spotted Orchis may be thus described :—Perianth superior, ..."
2. The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic Botany by George Beauchamp Knowles, Frederic Westcott (1837)
"The gynandrous subdivision consists chiefly of the ... non-gynandrous subdivision
contains numerous orders, which are variously characterized : for instance ..."
3. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman (1897)
"181), theorising upon the origin of gynandrous specimens of Lepidoptera, suggests
that part of a male germ and part of a female germ come together in the ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... characterized by having gynandrous flowers, as in all orchidaceous plants.
... gynandrOUS (jin-an'drus). a. ..."
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