n, often attrib  1  :  a number of individuals assembled together or having some unifying relationship  2 a  :  an assemblage of related organisms - often used to avoid taxonomic connotations when the kind or degree of relationship is not clearly defined  b (1) :  an assemblage of atoms forming part of a molecule : esp  :  FUNCTIONAL GROUP (2) :  an assemblage of elements forming one of the vertical columns of the periodic table .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  carpi  crop  croup  CrP or CRP 
 
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