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Definition of Subtribe
1. n. A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.
Definition of Subtribe
1. Noun. (taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking below tribe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subtribe
1. a subdivision of a tribe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtribe
Literary usage of Subtribe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Ovary 3-celled, imperfectly so in subtribe 8. ... No representatives known to be
cultivated in America. subtribe 7. ..."
2. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... which is either naked or penicillate or hirsute, and not rarely bearing a
short conical or flattened appendage. — subtribe ..."
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