definition of the word genus

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< Latin genus (“‘birth, origin, a race, sort, kind’”) < root gen in Latin gignere, Old Latin gegnere (“‘to beget, produce’”)

• (UK) enPR: jēn'əs, IPA: /ˈdʒiːnəs/, SAMPA: /"dZi:n@s/

genus (plural genera)

1. (biology, taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank

   All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.

2. A group with common attributes
3. (topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
4. (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

• See also Wikisaurus:class

• general
• generic
• generate
• generation
• gender
• genre

• generic name
• class
• division
• kingdom
• order
• phylum
• species
• (semantics): differentia

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