Female
Definition of Female
Fe´male
n.
1.
An
individual
of
the
sex
which
conceives
and
brings
forth
young
,
or
(
in
a
wider
sense
)
which
has
an
ovary
and
produces
ova
.
The
male
and
female
of
each
living
thing
.
- Drayton.
2.
(Bot.)
A
plant
which
produces
only
that
kind
of
reproductive
organs
which
are
capable
of
developing
into
fruit
after
impregnation
or
fertilization
;
a
pistillate
plant
.
a.
1.
Belonging
to
the
sex
which
conceives
and
gives
birth
to
young
,
or
(
in
a
wider
sense
)
which
produces
ova
;
not
male
.
As
patient
as
the
female
dove
When
that
her
golden
couplets
are
disclosed
.
- Shak.
2.
Belonging
to
an
individual
of
the
female
sex
;
characteristic
of
woman
;
feminine
;
as
,
female
tenderness
.
To
the
generous
decision
of
a
female
mind
,
we
owe
the
discovery
of
America
.
- Belknap.
3.
(Bot.)
Having
pistils
and
no
stamens
;
pistillate
;
or
,
in
cryptogamous
plants
,
capable
of
receiving
fertilization
.
(Pros.)
double
rhymes
,
or
rhymes
(
called
in
French
feminine
rhymes
because
they
end
in
e
weak
,
or
feminine
)
in
which
two
syllables
,
an
accented
and
an
unaccented
one
,
correspond
at
the
end
of
each
line
.
Related Words
distaff
,
female
being
,
feminine
,
gentlewomanlike
,
girlish
,
gynecic
,
gynecoid
,
gynic
,
her
,
kittenish
,
ladylike
,
little-girlish
,
maidenly
,
matronal
,
matronlike
,
matronly
,
muliebral
,
petticoat
,
she
,
womanish
,
womanlike
,
womanly
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