different between timothy vs taxonomy

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• Timothy

Etymology

Named after Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?m??i/
• Hyphenation: tim?o?thy

Noun

timothy (usually uncountable, plural timothies)

1. Phleum pratense, timothy-grass, native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.
2. Phleum alpinum, mountain timothy, native to North America.
3. Other species of genus Phleum.

Synonyms

• catstail
• timothy-grass, Timothy-grass
• timothy grass, Timothy grass

Derived terms

• alpine timothy
• mountain timothy (Phleum alpinum)
• timothy-grass (herd's-grass) (Phleum pratense)
• timothy hay

Translations

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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