Genusnoun
(taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
‘All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.’; ‘Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.’; ‘There are only two genera and species of seadragons.’;
Thriftnoun
(uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
‘His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.’;
Genusnoun
A group with common attributes.
Thriftnoun
A savings bank.
‘Usually, home mortgages are obtained from thrifts.’;
Genusnoun
A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
Thriftnoun
(countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
Genusnoun
(semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
Thriftnoun
(obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
Genusnoun
A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
Thriftnoun
(obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
Genusnoun
An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.
Thriftverb
(transitive) To obtain from a thrift shop.
Genusnoun
a general kind of something;
‘ignore the genus communism’;
Thriftnoun
A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
‘The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.’;
Genusnoun
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
Thriftnoun
Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
‘I have a mind presages me such thrift.’;
Genusnoun
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo.
Thriftnoun
Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
Genusnoun
(in philosophical and general use) a class of things that have common characteristics and that can be divided into subordinate kinds.
Thriftnoun
One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.
Genus
Genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family.
Thriftnoun
any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
Thriftnoun
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Thriftnoun
the quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully
‘the values of thrift and self-reliance’;
Thriftnoun
another term for savings and loan
Thriftnoun
a European plant which forms low-growing tufts of slender leaves with rounded pink flower heads, growing chiefly on sea cliffs and mountains.
