sex

sex is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female.

[2] One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.

[3] The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes.

[4] One of the groups founded on this distinction. The sex, the female sex; women, in general.

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