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con·ge·ner

(kŏn′jə-nər)

1. A member of the same kind, class, or group.

2. An organism belonging to the same taxonomic genus as another organism.

3. Chemistry A compound produced in the same process that produces another, often structurally similar compound.

[From Latin, of the same race : com-, com- + genus, gener-, race; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

con′ge·ner′ic (-nĕr′ĭk), con·gen′er·ous (kən-jĕn′ər-əs, kŏn-) adj.

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Adj.

congenerous - belonging to the same genus

congeneric, congenerical

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