It was a mystery what the genus and species of the new plant was. From LearnThat.org.
Ignore the genus communism. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The OED says that generosity comes from the Latin word genus which means kind, as in ilk not nicety. From Wordnik.com. [The Generosity Plan] Reference
More specifics on my previous post: I do know that the angels differ in genus, that is, each angle is its own genus. From Wordnik.com. [The 12 most important things to know about angels] Reference
By the Aristotelian logicians, the terms genus and species were used in a more restricted sense. From Wordnik.com. [A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)] Reference
They derived the genus name from the Greek word for devil (Beelzebub) and the Latin word for toad (bufo). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
In this case, the nested hierarchy of the genus is not drawn, but it's implied at the bottom of the diagram. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
METCALF: Outside of the chestnut genus, that is, the genus Castanea, the disease goes on to a few other trees. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
But if it is the same one found in Nepal, it is of an entirely new genus from the orchids found in Malaysia. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
One member of the genus is called 姑のざぶとん, shutome no zabuton, mother-in-law cushion, so what is the genus. From Wordnik.com. [The marriage blues in Japan] Reference
Elsewhere, he explicitly describes genus as matter: “the genus is the matter of that of which it is called the genus”. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Metaphysics] Reference
A new species of subterranean japygid dipluran belonging to a new genus is diagnosed and described from the eastern Iberian Peninsula. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
I can't specifically identify the genus from the photo; from the shape of the head, and the fact it eats eels, it might be Cylindrophis. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
They derived the genus name from the Greek word for devil (. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
On the other hand, there is a paternally-minded group of cat-fish known as the genus. From Wordnik.com. [Science in Arcady] Reference
These homely little devils are from the family Cebidae, classified as the genus Saguinus. From Wordnik.com. [What The Hell Am I?] Reference
Another promising species from the same section of the genus is the Amazonian I. ingoides (Rich.). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Can any reader identify this fly – that is, provide the correct binomial name genus and species?. From Wordnik.com. [Syrphidae - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
This genus, which is confined to Western Australia, is characterised by having a "quadripartite calyx.". From Wordnik.com. [Insectivorous Plants] Reference
A genus is a grouping of related animals; wolves and dogs, for example, are members of the genus Canis. From Wordnik.com. [Kansas.com: -- Front] Reference
The genus is a model for studies in the evolution of phytophagous insects and their host-plant associations. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Bifidobacterium genus, which is mostly made up of bacteria that live in the gut and are thought to be good for health. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceNOW] Reference
Blue iguanas are endangered species of lizards belonging to the Cyclura genus, which is endemic to the Grand Cayman islands. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
Closely related species such as wolves, dogs and coyotes are in turn lumped together into a genus, which is Latin for family. From Wordnik.com. [Chimps may belong in the human genus] Reference
Other mushrooms in the genus are the common oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus) and the golden top oyster (Pleurotus citrinopileatu). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
Its matter is its genus, which is only potentially the species defined; its differentia is the form that actualizes the matter. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Metaphysics] Reference
The genus should be a term better understood than the term defined; and it should be a term more general than the term defined. From Wordnik.com. [English: Composition and Literature] Reference
Mr Gould informs me that the rule holds with birds, as in the owl genus, which is mundane, and many of the species range widely. From Wordnik.com. [The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844] Reference
In general terms the genus contains two major groups of anti-nutritive factors, cyanogenic glycosides and polyphenolic compounds. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2] Reference
For none of the aforesaid can possibly be predicated of the genus, seeing that the genus is the term with the widest range of all. From Wordnik.com. [Topics] Reference
Thus in Dr. Cullen's Nosologia the variola or small-pox is termed a genus, and the distinct and confluent kinds are termed species. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
They may look like a citrus and in fact they were at one stage considered as such but in 1915 they were reclassified as genus Fortunella. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Herb Blogging #44] Reference
In answer to this it must be said, that the second signi - fication of genus, which is second as with reference to us, is first to nature. From Wordnik.com. [Works] Reference
A genus, which is considered as eminently possessing the characters of the class. From Wordnik.com. [Science & Education] Reference
Plants are given a first name called the "genus," and a second name called the "species". From Wordnik.com. [Lantana camara] Reference
The term 'genus' must be understood to include not only genus in the accepted sense, but difference and generic property as well. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
Look at the querulous and monotonous lives of the "genus;" -- except Cervantes. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2] Reference
The lowest group but one is the "genus," which contains one or more different kinds termed. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky] Reference
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