progeny

prog·e·ny

noun \ˈprä-jə-nē\

: a person who comes from a particular parent or family : the child or descendant of someone

: the young of an animal or plant

: something that is the product of something else

plural prog·e·nies

Full Definition of PROGENY

1

a :  descendants, children

b :  offspring of animals or plants

2

:  outcome, product

3

:  a body of followers, disciples, or successors

Examples of PROGENY

1. Many Americans are the progeny of immigrants.
2. The small plants are the progeny of an oak tree.
3. Their work is the progeny of many earlier studies.

Origin of PROGENY

Middle English progenie, from Anglo-French, from Latin progenies, from progignere

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to PROGENY

Synonyms

fruit, get, issue, posterity, offspring, seed, spawn

Related Words

brood, hatch, litter, young; child, scion; family, kin; lineage, stock

Near Antonyms

ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitor

Other Genetics Terms

chimera, hermaphrodite, plasticity

prog·e·ny

noun \ˈpräj-(ə-)nē\   (Medical Dictionary)

plural prog·e·nies

Medical Definition of PROGENY

: offspring of animals or plants