(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:26:46

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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