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A classification in biology. One of the groups into which scientists divide animals or plants, in which the animals or plants are closely related but cannot produce babies together.

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  • It was a mystery what the genus and species of the new plant was.
  • Ignore the genus communism
  • The OED says that generosity comes from the Latin word genus which means kind, as in ilk not nicety.
  • More specifics on my previous post: I do know that the angels differ in genus, that is, each angle is its own genus.
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  • A "genius" (a very bright person) might discover a new "genus" (scientific category of plant or animal) of plants.
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