ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Multilineage

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Multilineage is a noun meaning (usually noun adjunct) Multiple lineages.

Meaning

(usually noun adjunct) Multiple lineages.

Example Sentences

a multilineage progenitor
This is a crucial point: the road to the present is not an evolution of unilinear descent; rather, it is a complex formation of multilineages, each including several segments and a number of extended families, of the same origin but with very different outlooks.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include engraftment, hematopoiesis, superlineage, bilineage, unilineage, linage.

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