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

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

O grex, � nimium tanto Pastore beatus; O ubi sunt tanto pascua digna grege?

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

Naturally we shall hardly consider under this head the speech of the whole grex, or the "Nunc plaudite" of an actor that closes a number of the plays.

From The Dramatic Values in Plautus by Blancké, Wilton Wallace

I regret to see that M. Lanson, the latest historian of French literature, has not dared to separate himself from the academic grex.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George