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genus

/ˈdʒiːnəs/
noun
  1. A rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank.

    "All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia."

  2. A group with common attributes.

  3. A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.

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