different between felwort vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• fellwort, felwoort

Etymology

Probably a corruption of fieldwort.

Noun

felwort (plural felworts)

1. A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.
2. Any member of any species in genus Swertia.
3. Any member of any species in the tribe Gentianeae

Translations

References

• felwort at OneLook Dictionary Search
• felwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Wolfert, flow'ret, flowret

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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