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.
Word Forms
- multilineages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include engraftment, hematopoiesis, superlineage, bilineage, unilineage, linage.
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