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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sex \Sex\, n. [L. sexus: cf. F. sexe.]
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.
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2. One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the
distinction of male and female.
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3. (Bot.)
(a) The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being
fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are
of opposite sexes.
(b) One of the groups founded on this distinction.
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{The sex}, the female sex; women, in general.
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