Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stirps"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stirps \Stirps\, n.; pl. {Stirpes}. [L., stem, stock.]
1. (Law) Stock; race; family. --Blackstone.
2. (Bot.) A race, or a fixed and permanent variety.
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