bigener
/ˈbʌɪdʒɪnə
/noun Botany
A hybrid produced by crossing plants of two different genera.A bigener, containing as it does components of parents classified under separate genera, cannot logically be placed under either generic name....
- If the pollen from one of the genus Primula fertilises an ovule belonging to a flower of e.g., the genus Hottonia, a bigener would result.
- Mr. Wilks exhibited a plant named Chionoscilla, which was considered to be undoubtedly a bigener between Chionodoxa and Scilla bifolia.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Latin, from bi- + genus, gener- genus.
- polyglottery
- polyglottic
- polyglottish
- polyglottism
- polyglotwise
- polyglutamic
- polyglycerin
- polyglycerine
- polyglycine
- polyglycol
- polyglycolic
- polygon
- polygonaceous
- polygonal
- polygonate
- Polygonatum
- polygonboden
- polygonial
- polygonic
- polygonic acid
- polygonise
- polygonization
- polygonize
- polygon of forces
- polygonometry