θηλυγόνος

A. generating females, Hp. Steril. 230; καὶ γυναῖκες καὶ ἄνδρες . . θ. εἰσίν Arist. HA 585b13; of animals, ib.573b32, GA 766b32.

II. θηλυγόνον,τό, a plant supposed to promote the generation of females, dog-mercury, Mercurialis perennis, Thphr. HP 9.18.5; a variety of φύλλον, Dsc. 3.125;= λινόζωστις θήλεια, Ps.-Dsc. 4.189.