Sentence examples for Genus from high-quality English sources.

• A closely related genus is false arborvitae.

• For one would have to prove that a property within one genus applies to a completely different genus.

• Corvus is the genus which is broadly called the “crow” genus.

• The genus Astacus occurs in Europe, the genus Cambaroides in East Asia.

• Within this family, I have undescribed species of the genus Apristurus and the genus Parmaturus.

• Snowflake, (genus Leucojum), small genus of flowering plants in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae).

• So, for example, gold is as much a species of the genus metal as human is a species of the genus animal.

• Salvia, (genus Salvia), genus of about 960 species of herbaceous and woody plants of the mint family (Lamiaceae).

Use Genus in a sentence.

• The taxonomy of the genus has been contentious, and many former Thlaspi species are now placed in the genus Noccaea.

• Some members of the genus are known as chinquapins, which is also a common name for trees in the related genus Castanopsis.

• Yellow cress, (genus Rorippa), also spelled yellowcress, genus of some 85 species of plants in the mustard family (Brassicaceae).

• Rhododendron, (genus Rhododendron), any of a genus of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), notable for their attractive flowers and handsome foliage.

• Sweet gum, (genus Liquidambar), sometimes spelled sweetgum, genus of 15 species of deciduous trees, the only genus of the family Altingiaceae.

• Among animals, for example, the species of horses and zebras form the genus Equus, whereas the hawksbill sea turtle is the only member of the genus Eretmochelys.

• The distinction is typically thought to be a relative one: being a mammal is a species relative to the genus being an animal, but it is a genus relative to the species being a donkey.

• As a result, if being (or unity) were a genus, no differentiae could be said to have being (or to be one); but “the differentiae of any genus must each of them both have being and be one” (Metaphysics 998b22–3).

Genus sentence examples

• Anomalure, (family Anomaluridae), any of seven African species of rodents comprising the large anomalures (genus Anomalurus), pygmy anomalures (genus Idiurus), and flightless anomalure (genus Zenkerella).

• Genus, plural genera, biological classification ranking between family and species, consisting of structurally or phylogenetically related species or a single isolated species exhibiting unusual differentiation (monotypic genus).

• On the other hand, although the only species in a genus carries more genetic novelty, a species belonging to a large genus might possess something of the evolutionary vitality that has led its genus to be so diverse.

• Other members of the family Lamiaceae are also known as mints: the bergamots, or bee balms (genus Monarda), are sometimes called horsemint; members of the genus Pycnanthemum are called mountain mints; catnip (Nepeta cataria) is also known as catmint; dittany (Cunila origanoides) is called stonemint; and plants of the Australian genus Prostanthera are called mint bushes.