Genus, n.

    1. Group (subordinate to a class, tribe, or order), assemblage of species.
    2. (Log.) Relative, universal, kind or sort or class to which particulars belong.

Geodesy, n. Land-surveying (on a large scale, as when the curvature of the earth is taken into account).

Geometer, n. Geometrician.

Geometrician, n. Geometer.

Geoponic, Geoponical, a. Agricultural.

Geoponics, n.pl. Agriculture, husbandry, culture of the soil, tillage, rural economy.

Georgium Sidus. [L.] (Astron.) Uranus Herschel.

Geranium, n. Cranesbill.

Germ, n.

    1. Embryo, ovum (in animals), ovule (in plants), seed-bud. young bud.
    2. Origin, source, first principle, originating or originative principle.

German, a

    1. Born of the same father and mother, full.
    2. Born of brothers or sisters or of brothers and sisters.
    3. Cognate, pertinent, relevant. See germane.
    4. Of Germany, belonging to or characteristic of Germans or Germany.

Germane, a.

    1. Related, akin, allied, cognate.
    2. Relevant, pertinent, apposite, appropriate, suitable, fitting, to the purpose, to the point.

German-silver, n. Packfong, white copper, white alloy of nickel.

German-tinder, n. Punk, spunk, touchwood, black-match, pyrotechnical sponge, amadou.


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