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次類 (じるい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

次じ類るい

Meanings

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noun

subgenus

Biological taxonomy term; a rank below genus and above species, used in scientific classification.

この植しょく物ぶつは、同おなじ属ぞくの中なかでも次じ類るいが異ことなる。
This plant belongs to a different subgenus within the same genus.

Kanji

次next, order, sequence
類sort, kind, variety

Similar words

属ぞく
属 (genus) is the taxonomic rank directly above 次類 (subgenus).
種しゅ
種 (species) is the taxonomic rank directly below 次類 (subgenus).

Etymology

Compound of 次 (sub-, next) and 類 (category, kind), used as a calque for the taxonomic term 'subgenus'.