θηλῠ-γόνος,ον,
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 supposedto 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 .