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stirps

[sturps]

noun, plural stir·pes

[stur-peez] .

a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.

Law. a person from whom a family is descended.

Biology Now Rare. a family, superfamily, or permanent variety.

Origin:
1675–85; < Latin: rootstock, trunk

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noun Anthropology.

a line of descendants from a common ancestor.

Origin:
1495–1505; < Latin stirp-, stem of stirps stirps

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stirps (stɜːps)

—n , pl stirpes
1.	genealogy a line of descendants from an ancestor; stock or strain
2.	botany a race or variety, esp one in which the characters are maintained by cultivation

[C17: from Latin: root, family origin]

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