{ 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.
{ An*drog"y*ny (&?;), An*drog"y*nism (&?;), } n. Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.
{ An"droid (n"droid), ||An*droi"des (n*droi"dz), } n. [Gr. 'androeidh`s of man's form; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + e'i^dos form.] A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.
An"droid, a. Resembling a man.
An*drom"e*da (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus.] 1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
2. (bot.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.
||An"dron (&?;), n. [L. andron, Gr. &?;, fr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man.] (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.
An`dro*pet"al*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; leaf.] (Bot.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande.
||An*droph"a*gi (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; to eat.] Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [R.]
An*droph"a*gous (&?;), a. Anthropophagous.
An"dro*phore (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; to bear.] 1. (Bot.) A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.