"crown group" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crown groups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crown group (plural crown groups)
  1. (phylogenetics) The living representatives of a collection of species, together with their ancestors back to their most recent common ancestor as well as all of that ancestor's descendants. Wikipedia link: crown group Related terms: crownward, stem group
    Sense id: en-crown_group-en-noun-9EiEnok6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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