a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman.

an organism of the sex or sexual phase that normally produces egg cells.

Botany . a pistillate plant.

of, pertaining to, or being a female animal or plant.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a female person; feminine

female suffrage; female charm.

composed of females

a female readership.

Botany .

designating or pertaining to a plant or its reproductive structure that produces or contains elements requiring fertilization.

(of seed plants) pistillate.

Machinery . being or having a recessed part into which a corresponding part fits

a female plug. Compare male def. 5

adjective

male , masculine

noun

male , man

adjective

effeminate , fecund , feminine , fertile , maternal , muliebrous , womanish , womanly , distaff , gynecic , gynecological , maidenly , matrilineal , muliebral , pistillate (bot.) , spindle , uterine , womanlike

noun

daughter , femme , gal , gentlewoman , girl , grandmother , lady , madam , matron , miss/mrs./ms. , mother , she , sister , doyenne , enchantress , feminine , ladylike , lass , miss , mom , mrs , ms , succubus , woman