different between calamint vs taxonomy

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From French calament (assimilated in English to mint), from Old French calament, calamente, from Medieval Latin calamentum, from Latin calaminthe, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kalamínth?, “an odoriferous plant”), of uncertain origin (either by haplology from *??????-????? (*kalamo-mínth?) or a loanword, which Beekes considers most likely to be from Pre-Greek).

Attested since early 17th century.

Noun

calamint (plural calamints)

1. Any species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha.

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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

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