hermaphroditic
Americanadjective
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Biology. relating to or being a hermaphrodite.
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combining two opposite qualities or characteristics; being neither one thing nor the other.
Example Sentences
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Bargmann's team chose to compare strategies of hermaphroditic and non-hermaphroditic members of the Caenorhabditis genus.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024
Like roses, lilies and daffodils, cranberry flowers are hermaphroditic, which means they contain both male and female parts.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023
There were around 10 baby sea stars, each the spitting image of their parent, which like many starfish was probably hermaphroditic.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023
The analysis of modern plants and their genetic history showed a change in the gene flow about 11,000 years ago that signaled a selection by early farmers for hermaphroditic grapevines.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023
Thus, the high percentage of hermaphroditic selfers in the Fertile Crescent flora aided early farmers, because it meant that a high percentage of the wild flora had a reproductive biology convenient for humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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