Genus vs Taxodium - What's the difference?
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(biology, taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
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A group with common attributes.
*1945 , (Bertrand Russell), A History of Western Philosophy , p. 655:
*:Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental."
(topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
(semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
Any of the genus (taxlink) of flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family.
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As nouns the difference between genus and taxodium
is that genus is while taxodium is any of the genus (taxlink) of flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family.genus
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(genera)- 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 .
- Müller criticized the division of the "Jubuleae" into two families and he cited Jubula as an annectant genus .
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* generic name * class * division * kingdom * order * phylum * species * (semantics) differentiaExternal links
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* English nouns with irregular plurals ----taxodium
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