Definition of Bigener

1. a hybrid between genera [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bigener

bigcreekite
bigemina
bigeminal
bigeminal bodies
bigeminal pregnancy
bigeminal pulse
bigeminal rhythm
bigeminals
bigemini
bigeminies
bigeminum
bigeminy
bigender
bigendered
bigener (current term)
bigeneric
bigeners
bigential
bigerminal
bigeye
bigeye scad
bigeyes
bigfeet
bigfin
bigfooted
bigfooting
bigfootologist
bigfoots
bigg

Literary usage of Bigener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"... b one plant the leaves %vere marked with a dark crimson spl Hence it appears to be a true bigener, or cross between tiro as- tinct genera. ..."

2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1883)
"Hence it appears to be я true bigener, or cross between two distinct genera. Jvy-leaved Pelargonium Cross.—Mr. George sent some foliage of a cross between ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... between plants of the same species; half- hybrid, between a species and a variety of another species; bigener, between plants of different genera. ..."

4. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... for the sake of convenience divided into sections, but the generic name is applied to all species ; ~ Hy'brld, a hybrid between two genera, a bigener or ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... between species; cross-breeds, between plants of the same species ; half-hybrid, between a species and a variety of another species ; bigener, ..."

6. Plant-breeding: Being Six Lectures Upon the Amelioration of Domestic Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1912)
"... less slender portion of the pistil which lies between the stigma and ovary. The pollen-tubes pass through it in reaching the ovary. 2. CROSSING. bigener ..."

7. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1885)
"Read bigener. Ib. coL C. 1. 38. bachi antiqui: the Bodleian glossary of the 8th or 9th century has bacci antiqui. This gloss is to be emended by the aid of ..."

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