Associations to the word «Hermaphroditic»

Wiktionary

HERMAPHRODITIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite. [from the early 17th c.]
HERMAPHRODITIC, adjective. (biology) Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes.

Dictionary definition

HERMAPHRODITIC, adjective. Of or relating to monoclinous plants.
HERMAPHRODITIC, adjective. Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats