descendent

Example Sentences

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Most grapes that grow well in the Midwest are actually descendents of wild grapes, of which there are about 16 species in North America.

From Salon

While officially, there are no princes and princesses any more in Germany, some descendents like Heinrich have continued to use the title.

From Reuters

The story's narrator, Gibbons, is their joint descendent.

From Salon

A French arbitration court in February ordered Malaysia to pay the $15 billion sum - the second largest arbitration award on record - to the descendents of the last Sultan of Sulu.

From Reuters

The circular sofa is a place to gather, a spiritual descendent of that uniquely suburban, utopian symbol of togetherness: the conversation pit.

From Los Angeles Times