stirps (plural stirpes)
A branch of a family.
A progenitor of a branch of a family.
(zoology, botany) A superfamily of animals or plants.
stirps
plural of stirp
• spirts, sprits, strips
Source: Wiktionary
Stirps, n.; pl. Stirpes. Etym: [L., stem, stock.]
1. (Law)
Definition: Stock; race; family. Blackstone.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A race, or a fixed and permanent variety.
Stirp, n. Etym: [L. stirps, stirpis.]
Definition: Stock; race; family. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
