/kon"jeuh neuhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing of the same kind or class as another.
2. a plant, animal, fungus, etc., belonging to the same genus as another.
3. Also, congeneric . a secondary product formed in alcohol during fermentation that determines largely the character of the final liquor.
[ 1720-30; con- CON- + gener- (s. of genus ); see GENUS, GENERAL ]