Definition of Subgenera

1. Noun. (plural of subgenus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subgenera

1. subgenus [n] - See also: subgenus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subgenera

subfunction
subfunctionalization
subfunctionalizations
subfunctions
subfund
subfunds
subfusc
subfuscous
subfuscs
subfusk
subfusks
subgame
subgames
subgap
subgelatinous
subgenera (current term)
subgeneration
subgenerations
subgeneric
subgenome
subgenomes
subgenomic
subgenre
subgenres
subgenual
subgenus
subgenus Azalea
subgenus Azaleastrum

Literary usage of Subgenera

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

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"In the case of such purely conventional groups as genera and subgenera, utility is clearly their chief raison d'ttre, and this may be judged largely by the ..."

2. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1919)
"We group the species known to us into 3 subgenera, 46 series, and with the following characteristics: KEY TO subgenera AND SERIES OF OPUNTIA. ..."

3. A Treatise on Geology by John Phillips (1837)
"subgenera OF AMMONITES ACCORDING TO VoN BUCH AND MUNSTER. These are aH extinct forms, and while the greater number of species and subgenera abound in ..."

4. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1834)
"on the subject of classification, that my plan is " to distinguish subgenera by signs or letters." I beg to state that he has misunderstood me entirely. ..."

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