stirps

[ sturps ]
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noun,plural stir·pes [stur-peez]. /ˈstɜr piz/.
  1. a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.

  2. Law. a person from whom a family is descended.

  1. Biology Now Rare. a family, superfamily, or permanent variety.

Origin of stirps

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1675–85; <Latin: rootstock, trunk

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stirps

/ (stɜːps) /


nounplural stirpes (ˈstɜːpiːz)
  1. genealogy a line of descendants from an ancestor; stock or strain

  2. botany a race or variety, esp one in which the characters are maintained by cultivation

Origin of stirps

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C17: from Latin: root, family origin

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