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English

Etymology

wolf +? berry, of unknown origin.

Noun

wolfberry (plural wolfberries)

1. Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.

   Synonyms: boxthorn, matrimony vine, desert thorn

2. Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense

   Synonyms: Chinese matrimony vine, Chinese wolfberry

3. The berry of this plant.

   Synonyms: goji, goji berry

4. The western snowberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, a shrub native to nothern and central North America.

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Further reading

• goji on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lycium barbarum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lycium chinense on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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