stirp

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a line of descent from a common ancestor; a stock or lineage

   The old pear tree was the last living member of its stirp.

A learned English back-formation from Latin stirps, whose stem stirp- meant 'stock, stem, family, or lineage.' English stirp has been used since the early sixteenth century for a line descending from a common ancestor.

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