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Homonym vs Basionym - What's the difference?

homonym | basionym |


As nouns the difference between homonym and basionym

is that homonym is homonym (word with the same sound or spelling but different meaning) while basionym is (botany|taxonomy) an earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived.

Basionym - What does it mean?

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