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English

Etymology

choke +? berry, describing the astringency of the fruits, which are inedible when raw.

Noun

chokeberry (plural chokeberries)

1. Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.
2. The fruit of such a shrub.

Derived terms

• black chokeberry
• red chokeberry
• purple chokeberry

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Further reading

• chokeberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aronia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aronia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• chokeberry at USDA Plants database

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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