amphigenous
English
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editamphigenous (not comparable)
- (botany) growing on all sides of a leaf, as in the lichens[1]
- amphigenous diaspores
- amphigenous hyphae
- (psychology, obsolete) bisexual (attracted to both males and females).
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom amphi- + Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “gender”) + -ous.
Adjective
editamphigenous (not comparable)
- (psychology, obsolete) bisexual (attracted to both males and females).
References
edit- ^ “amphigenous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.