BIGENERIC

bigeneric

(adjective) resulting from a cross between species of different genera

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bigeneric (not comparable)

(botany) Describing an (infertile) cross between plants belonging to different genera.

(taxonomy) Describing a taxonomic group containing only two genera.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 January 2025

PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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