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| stirps [ sturps ] (plural stir·pes [ stúr pz ]) |
noun |
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| Definition: |
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1. ancestral stock: a line of descendants from a common ancestor
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2. U.S. law ancestor: an ancestor from whom a particular family is descended
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3. plant variety: a plant variety in which the characteristics are fixed through cultivation
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| [Late 17th century. < Latin, "stem, lineage"] |
