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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and meadwort

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while meadwort is (obsolete) meadowsweet, a plant found near rivers or on damp ground.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    meadwort

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Meadowsweet, a plant found near rivers or on damp ground.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
    • The metall first he mixt with Medæwart , / That no enchauntment from his dint might saue; / That it in flames of Aetna wrought apart, / And seuen times dipped in the bitter waue / Of hellish Styx, which hidden vertue to it gaue.

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