Androgynous \An*drog"y*nous\, Androgynal \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.