a person or animal having both male and female reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics
in botany, a plant with both male and female organs (stamens and pistils) in the same flower
archaic something that is a combination of two usu opposing elements
hermaphrodite adj
hermaphroditic /-ʹditik/ adj
hermaphroditical /-ʹditikl/ adj
hermaphroditism noun
[Middle English hermofrodite via Latin from Greek hermaphroditos, named after Hermaphroditos, mythological son of Hermes and Aphrodite who became joined in body with the nymph Salmacis]