genital organ

noun

An organ used in sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation; a sex organ; (in plural) genitalia.

Meanings

noungenital organ (plural genital organs)

plural genital organs

  1. anatomyAn organ used in sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation; a sex organ; (in plural) genitalia.

    Among the Romans the genital organ of the hedgehog and the wolf were among the ingredients used in aphrodisiac concoctions.

    1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 152
    1 more example

    Hindu women make a powder of an aphrodisiacal nature by frying the genital organs of male turtles, which they also use for enchantments.

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 162

Synonyms & antonyms

nounexternal sex organ

Broader
reproductive organsex organ

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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