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English

Etymology

From Middle English heirlome (“heirloom”, literally “a tool or article passed to one's heirs”), equivalent to heir +? loom.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.lu?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????.lum/

Noun

heirloom (plural heirlooms)

1. A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.

   Synonym: patrimony

2. (horticulture) An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern cultivars used in large-scale agriculture.

See also

• (agriculture): heritage, landrace

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Further reading

• heirloom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• holorime

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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