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bigeneric

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Describing an (infertile) cross between plants belonging to different genera.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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adj

Meaning 2

Describing a taxonomic group containing only two genera.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy

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adjective satellite

Meaning 3

resulting from a cross between species of different genera

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

From bi- + generic.