different between xylobalsamum vs taxonomy

English

Noun

xylobalsamum (uncountable)

1. the dried twigs or fragrant wood of balm of Gilead (or balsam of Mecca)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ksy.lo?bal.sa.mum/, [ks??????bä??s?äm???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ksi.lo?bal.sa.mum/, [ksil??b?ls?mum]

Noun

xylobalsamum n (genitive xylobalsam?); second declension

1. balsam-wood

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

• xylobalsamum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• xylobalsamum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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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