Genus vs. Thrift

Genusnoun

(taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank

Genusnoun

A group with common attributes.

Genusnoun

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

Genusnoun

(semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

Genusnoun

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.

Genusnoun

An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.

Genusnoun

a general kind of something;

Genusnoun

(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

Genusnoun

a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo.

Genusnoun

(in philosophical and general use) a class of things that have common characteristics and that can be divided into subordinate kinds.

Genus

Genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family.

Thriftnoun

(uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).

Thriftnoun

A savings bank.

Thriftnoun

(countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.

Thriftnoun

(obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.

Thriftnoun

(obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

Thriftverb

(transitive) To obtain from a thrift shop.

Thriftnoun

A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.

Thriftnoun

Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.

Thriftnoun

Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

Thriftnoun

One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.

Thriftnoun

any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers

Thriftnoun

extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

Thriftnoun

the quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully

Thriftnoun

another term for savings and loan

Thriftnoun

a European plant which forms low-growing tufts of slender leaves with rounded pink flower heads, growing chiefly on sea cliffs and mountains.