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

noun

feminineness , womanliness