Meaning
FE'MALE, n. [L. femella. See Feminine.]
1. Among animals, one of that sex which conceives and brings forth young.
2. Among plants, that which produces fruit; that which bears the pistil and receives the pollen of the male flowers.
FE'MALE, a.
1. Noting the sex which produces young; not male; as a female bee.
2. Pertaining to females; as a female hand or heart; female tenderness.
To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe the discovery of America.
3. Feminine; soft; delicate; weak.
Female rhymes, double rhymes, so called from the French, in which language they end in e feminine.
