different between podocarpus vs taxis

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?po?d??k??p?s/

Noun

podocarpus (plural podocarpuses)

1. Any of the genus Podocarpus of podocarp conifers.
   • “Fern Pine (Podocarpus Gracilior)”, in Budget Plants - Data Sheet & More Info?^[2], (Please provide a date or year)

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (táxis, “arrangment, order”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?k?s?s, IPA^(key): /?tæks?s/

Noun

taxis (plural taxes)

1. (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
2. (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.

   Synonym: reduction

3. (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
4. arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
5. (historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.

Usage notes

Distinguished from tropism in that in a tropism, the organism is not motile, and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g., plants, fungi), while in a taxis, the organism has motility and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g., bacteria, animals). Distinguished from a kinesis in that a kinesis is non-directional movement, while a taxis is directional.

Translations

See also

• kinesis
• tropism

Etymology 2

See taxi.

Alternative forms

• taxies

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?k?s?z, IPA^(key): /?tæksiz/

Noun

taxis

1. plural of taxi

Verb

taxis

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taxi

Catalan

Noun

taxis

1. plural of taxi

French

Noun

taxis m

1. plural of taxi

Latin

Noun

tax?s

1. dative plural of taxus
2. ablative plural of taxus

References

• taxis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• taxis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• taxis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Noun

taxis

1. plural of taxi

Swedish

Noun

taxis

1. indefinite genitive singular of taxi