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congeners

congeners is the plural of congener.

Meaning of congener

Noun

congener (plural congeners)

  1. A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
  2. A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.
    • Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed.1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC
  3. Any of a group of structurally related compounds.
  4. Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character.

Questions about congeners

What is congeners the plural of?
Congeners is the plural of congener.

Words near congeners in the dictionary

  1. congenerical
  2. congenericity
  3. congenerics
  4. congenerous
  5. congenerousness
  6. congeners
  7. congenesis
  8. congenetic
  9. congenial
  10. congenialities
  11. congeniality

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