different between auriculate vs taxonomy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?t

Adjective

auriculate (comparative more auriculate, superlative most auriculate)

1. Alternative spelling of auriculated
2. (botany, of leaves) Having two lobes, often curved, often near the base.

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References

• auriculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

Adjective

auricul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of auricul?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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