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binomial nomenclature


n. A method of identifying and naming organisms using two names. The first name is the genus name, and the second is the species name. Names are usually Latin or Greek in origin.
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a system of plant classification based on the flowers or reproductive parts of a plant; the system was developed in the 18th century by Carl Linnaeus and assigns each plant a unique double Latin name [..]
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Also known as the “System of Classification”. The current scientific method of naming species of organisms (plants and animals). The system was developed in the 18th century by Linneus, a Swedish natu [..]
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binomial nomenclature


Naming scheme for species in which there is a genus name and a species name.
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classification system in which all species is assigned a two-part scientific name
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binomial nomenclature


 The formal system of naming species whereby each species is assigned a genus
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Linnaean universal standard of biological scientific notation, according to which every species is given a distinct two-part name. The first part, think of it as like the surname, is the genus, which is capitalised, the second part the species, written completely in lower case, is like the given name. Both names are by convention written in italics [..]
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binomial nomenclature


the system for naming organisms developed by Carl Linnaeus, in which every organism has a generic name and a specific epithet.
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the system of naming each type of organism (i.e. each species) by using two names: genus name and the specific epithet (species name).
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a system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name that consists of the genus name followed by the species name
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The hierarchical system of classifying living things into named scientific groups, with one name for genus and a second name for species.
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(taxonomy) The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts; the first is the genus, and is written with an initial capital letter; the second is some spec [..]
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