different between wolfsbane vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• wolf's bane, wolfbane

Etymology

From wolf +? -s- +? bane, a calque of Ancient Greek ?????????? (lukoktónon), from ????? (lúkos, “wolf”) + ?????? (kteín?, “I kill”). Influenced by Latin lycoctonum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?lfsbe?n/

Noun

wolfsbane (plural wolfsbanes)

1. Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum.
2. Arnica montana

Synonyms

• (herb of the genus Aconitum): aconite, monkshood
• (Arnica montana): arnica, leopard's bane, leopardsbane, wolf's bane, mountain tobacco, mountain arnica

Derived terms

• healing wolfsbane (Aconitum anthora)

Translations

See also

• lycanthropy
• werewolf

Anagrams

• wolfbanes

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

Translations