grex

American  

[greks] / grɛks /

noun

1. a numerical system for measuring the size of fibers, filaments, or yarns, based on the weight in grams of 10,000 meters of the fibrous material.

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grex British  

/ ɡrɛks /

noun

1. a group of plants that has arisen from the same hybrid parent group

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Etymology

Origin of grex

From the expression gram per x (ten)

Example Sentences

Experimental Farm Network lists a turnip grex and golden beet grex, originally from Alan Kapuler, and another called Homesteader’s Kaleidoscopic Perennial Kale, bred by Chris Homanics.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2022

Tu cum grex sacer undique execrandis Strident consiliis, nec aure felix; Felix non animo, vel ore mixtus, Haud intelligis impios susurros.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Davenant's earliest assailants were of his own political party, followers of the exiled Charles, the men whom Milton describes as "perditissimus ille peregrinantium aulieorum grex."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various

Et canis oppido eodem erat huic, ubi plurimus, et grex Et fæx, cum catulis plebs numerosa canum.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 by Various

Quem mala stultitia, et quæcunque inscitia veri Cæcum agit, insanum Chrysippi porticus, et grex Autumat.

From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various