Crossword-Solution: SUBGENUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Subgenus | n. | A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron. |
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| Classification above species | 1 answer |
| Rank above species | 1 answer |
| taxonomic group between a genus and a species | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with SUBGENUS (5)
There are also shells of the genus _ Rissoa_ (of the subgenus _Hydrobia_), and a little _ Cardium_ of the subgenus _Protocardium,_ in these marine beds, together with _Cypris._ Some of the cypris-bearing shales are strangely contorted and broken up, at the west end of the Isle of Purbeck.
Besides the _lutea_, there are some other species, nearly allied to tricolor, as for instance, _cornuta_, _calcarata_, and _altaica_, which are combined with it under the head of _Melanium_ as a subgenus, and which together constitute a systematic unity of undoubted value, but ranging between the common conceptions of genus and species.
The genus _Oenothera_ is to a large degree devoid of varietal characteristics, especially in the subgenus _Onagra_, to which _biennis_, _muricata_, _lamarckiana_ and some others belong.
Our edible Mushroom is a _Pratella_ of the subgenus _Psalliota_, and the _Agaricus campestris_ of English botanists.
Subgenus: a division within a genus, based upon a character not sufficient for generic separation; opinionative.
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Appears in: Newsday.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2019).