vagina

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: va=gi=na

CIDE DICTIONARY

vagina, n. [L. vagina a scabbard or sheath.].

•  A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.  [1913 Webster]
•  The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.  [1913 Webster]
•  The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.  [1913 Webster]
•  The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust or figure seems to issue or arise.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vagina, n. (pl. vaginas or vaginae)
1 the canal between the uterus and vulva of a woman or other female mammal.
2 a sheath formed round a stem by the base of a leaf.

Derivative

vaginal adj. vaginitis n.

Etymology

L, = sheath, scabbard

THESAURUS

vagina

Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, bag, ballocks, balls, basket, beard, breasts, canal, cervix, clitoris, cod, cods, cullions, duct, emunctory, family jewels, female organs, fistula, genitalia, genitals, gonads, intestines, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips, male organs, meat, meatus, nuts, nymphae, ostium, ovary, oviduct, penis, phallus, pore, private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda, reproductive organs, rocks, salpinx, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs, spermary, testes, testicles, thoracic duct, ureter, urethra, uterus, vas, vessel, vulva, womb, yoni