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genuses

NOUN

type, class

Synonyms

WEAK

brand category character classification fashion group kind school sort species style

NOUN

type

Synonyms

STRONG

brand breed category class compartment department division genre group kind make model section sort style subdivision subfamily variety

Antonyms

STRONG

whole

Example Sentences

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Almost 300 biologists have banded together and redrawn the tree of life for flowering plants, enabling a 15-fold increase in the number of genuses represented and highlighting new milestones in diversification.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024

There are more than 100 species of Nepenthes, which is one of the many genuses of carnivorous plants found around the world.

From New York Times • May 18, 2022

This uncanny deadliness has a mystery at its core: These mushrooms are from three separate genuses, or groups of fungal species, that are not closely related.

From New York Times • May 9, 2022

Anemone and Aster are large genuses in their own right, filled with poppy- and daisy-like blooms.

From Slate • May 17, 2016

Then I goes to the old 'uns, and says to them, what genuses for music these young 'uns be! it is your duty to improve a talent that providence has bestowed on your children.

From Life in the Clearings versus the Bush by Moodie, Susanna