botanical name

noun

A formal scientific name of a plant, especially as conforming to the ICBN.

“Plantae, Betulaceae, Helianthemum, Zea mays and Stellaria media subsp. media are botanical names.”

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Meanings

nounbotanical name (plural botanical names)

plural botanical names

  1. biologyA formal scientific name of a plant, especially as conforming to the ICBN.

    Plantae, Betulaceae, Helianthemum, Zea mays and Stellaria media subsp. media are botanical names.

Translations

Italian nome botanico
  • nome botanicoscientific name of plants
Japanese (植物)学名
  • (植物)学名scientific name of plants
Korean 학명
  • 학명scientific name of plants
Polish nazwa botaniczna
  • nazwa botanicznascientific name of plants
Portuguese nome botânico
  • nome botânicoscientific name of plants
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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