BISEXUAL

bisexual

(adjective) sexually attracted to both sexes

bisexual, epicene

(adjective) having an ambiguous sexual identity

bisexual, bisexual person

(noun) a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bisexual (comparative more bisexual, superlative most bisexual)

(of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to both men and women (by a narrow definition) or to people of multiple or any genders (by a broad definition; compare pansexual).

Synonyms: AC/DC (slang), ambidextrous (jocular), bi (colloquial), omnifutuent

(chiefly, botany) Having both male and female parts or functions.

(botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.

(botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.

(botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.

(botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.

(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.

Synonyms

• (botany: having male and female organs): perfect, hermaphrodite

• See also bisexual

Hyponyms

• heteroflexible, homoflexible

Noun

bisexual (plural bisexuals)

A person who is bisexual.

Synonym: bi (colloquial)

Hypernym: LGBT

(botany, rare) A plant or fungus, or part thereof, which is bisexual.

Synonyms

• See also bisexual

Source: Wiktionary


Bi*sex"u*al, a. Etym: [Pref. bi- + sexual.] (Biol.)

Definition: Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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