hermaphroditic

[her-maf-ruh-dit-ik]

adjective

1. Biology.,  relating to or being a hermaphrodite.

2. combining two opposite qualities or characteristics; being neither one thing nor the other.

Example Sentences

But for the hermaphroditic version of these tiny roundworms, it's a very different story.

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Like roses, lilies and daffodils, cranberry flowers are hermaphroditic, which means they contain both male and female parts.

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Parents can be male and female, or hermaphroditic.

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There were around 10 baby sea stars, each the spitting image of their parent, which like many starfish was probably hermaphroditic.

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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.

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