nomenclature

C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture
US /ˈnoʊmənˌkleɪtʃər/ UK /nəˈmɛŋklətʃə/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a system of names used in a particular field

    Botanical nomenclature assigns each species a Latin binomial.

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1 noun · a system of names used in a... terminologytaxonomyclassificationnamingvocabularyglossary
Word family
Derived forms nomenclatural
Related forms nominatenominalname

Etymology

From Latin nomenclatura ('a calling by name'), from nomenclator ('one who names'), from nomen ('name') + calare ('to call').

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