different between hogwort vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From hog +? wort.

Noun

hogwort (uncountable)

1. Croton capitatus, an annual plant.
   • 1972, Robert August Evers, Roger P. Link, Leo Roy Tehon, Poisonous Plants of the Midwest & their Effects on Livestock, page 139,

     Hogwort is an erect, stout, sparingly branched annual that grows up to 4 feet tall.

   • 2011, Sally Butcher, Veggiestan: A Vegetable Lover's Tour of the Middle East, unnumbered page,

     It is Persian hogwort, and it is used as a spice in Iran.

See also

• croton

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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