congener

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə/
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/ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə/ · /kənˈd͡ʒiːnə(ɹ)/

Definition of congener

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
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noun

  1. A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
  2. A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.
    “Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed.”
  3. Any of a group of structurally related compounds.
  4. Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character.

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Etymology

From French congénère, from Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”).

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