vagina /vəˈjīnə, vəˈdʒaɪnə
/ ▸ noun (plural vaginas or
vaginae /-nē, -nī/) 1 the muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women and most female mammals. 2 Botany a sheath formed around a stem by the base of a leaf. – ORIGIN late 17th century : from Latin, literally ‘sheath, scabbard’.