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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to a hybrid that results from a cross between plants of different genera.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the characters of two different genera; having the character of a bigener.
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- adjective botany Describing an (infertile)
cross betweenplants belonging to differentgenera . - adjective taxonomy Describing a
taxonomic group containing only two genera.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resulting from a cross between species of different genera
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bi- + generic
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