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grex

/ˈɡɹɛks/

grex noun: a multicellular aggregate of amoeba.

Noun

grex (plural greges or grexes)

  1. A multicellular aggregate of amoeba.
  2. A kind of group used in horticultural nomenclature, applied to the progeny of an artificial cross from specified parents, in particular for orchids.
    Synonyms:
    gx

Synonyms of grex

Forms of grex

pluralgreges
pluralgrexes

Origin of grex

Learned borrowing from Latin grex (“flock”).

Words formed from grex

Phrases with grex

Questions about grex

What does grex mean?
Grex means a multicellular aggregate of amoeba.
What part of speech is grex?
Grex is a noun.
How do you pronounce grex?
Grex is pronounced /ˈɡɹɛks/.
What is the plural of grex?
The plural of grex is greges.

Words near grex in the dictionary

  1. grewhound
  2. grewhounds
  3. Grews
  4. grewsome
  5. grewsomest
  6. grex
  7. grex name
  8. grex names
  9. grexes
  10. Grexit
  11. grey

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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