{ An*drog"y*nous (&?;), An*drog"y*nal (&?;), } a. [L. androgynus, Gr. &?;; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf. F. androgyne.] 1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen.

The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous.
Coleridge.

2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.