subgenus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun subgenus has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

subgenusn. 
     A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

subgenus, n. (pl. subgenera) Biol. a taxonomic category below a genus.

Derivative
subgeneric adj.

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