[ hə:'mafrədʌɪt ]
■ noun a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics.
↘ Botany a plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower.
■ adjective of or denoting a ~.
Derivatives
hermaphroditic adjective
hermaphroditical adjective
hermaphroditism noun
Origin
ME: via L. from Gk hermaphroditos , orig. the name of the son of Hermes and Aphrodite who became joined in one body with the nymph Salmacis.