vagina /vəˈdʒʌɪnə
/ ▸ noun (plural vaginas)
(plural or
vaginae /vəˈdʒʌɪniː/) 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 round a stem by the base of a leaf. – ORIGIN early 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘sheath, scabbard’.