n. A woman; a human being of the sex which conceives and brings forth young.n. By extensionn. Any animal of the sex which conceives and brings forth young.n. In botany, a plant which produces fruit; that plant which bears the pistil and receives the pollen or fertilizing element of the male plant, or the analogous organ in cryptogams.Pertaining to or concerned with woman or women; belonging to or concerning the human sex which brings forth young.By extensionPertaining to the sex, of any animal, which brings forth young.In botany, pertaining to the kind of plants which produces fruit; pistil-bearing; pistillate; producing pistillate flowers, or, in the case of cryptogams, producing the organ analogous to the pistil, the organ which receives the fertilizing element of the male plant and produces the sexual spores.Pertaining to or noting some inanimate object associated or contrasted with another as its complement or opposite.Characteristic of a woman; feminine; hence, weak, womanly, tender, etc.Synonyms and . Effeminate, Womanish, etc. See feminine.