congenerous

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See much more learned disquisition on the origin of these evidently congenerous words under the term Arage, in Jamieson.

From Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 by Various

In the S.E. portion of the island, where the highest land is situated, well characterised trachyte, and other congenerous rocks of that varying family, occur.

From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles

It might be defined likewise an effect, not having its cause in any thing congenerous.

From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

If I admire when I see how much congenerous birds love to congregate, I am the more struck when I see incongruous ones in such strict amity.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

But other congenerous vegetables differ so widely in their time of flowering that we cannot but admire.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert