See Also: Genus(medicine)
genus(dictionary)
genus(encyclopedia)
genus(dictionary)
GENUS(law)
type genus(medicine)
summum genus(dictionary)
genus-group(medicine)
articulatio genus(medicine)
venae genus(medicine)

dryad (oh) and genus (oh)


dryad (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek, from drys 'tree']
a female spirit who lives in a tree, in ancient Greek stories

genus (oh)



[C] technical
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: 'birth, race, type']
one of the groups into which scientists divide animals or plants, in which the animals or plants are closely related but cannot produce babies together. A genus includes fewer members than a family and more members than a species .