form class

noun

A collection of organisms that is given formal recognition at the rank of class with a taxonomic name, but which is known to be an artificial group rather than a natural one.

“All fungi for which sexual reproduction is unknown are assigned to the form class Deuteromycota until such reproduction is discovered in that species.”

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Meanings

nounform class (plural form classes)

plural form classes

  1. biologyA collection of organisms that is given formal recognition at the rank of class with a taxonomic name, but which is known to be an artificial group rather than a natural one.

    All fungi for which sexual reproduction is unknown are assigned to the form class Deuteromycota until such reproduction is discovered in that species.

  2. A form room, a homeroom.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounone of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context

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part of speechword class
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grammatical categorysyntactic category
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homeroompart of speechword class

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

form class. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/form%20class

MLA

“form class.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/form%20class. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “form class,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/form%20class.

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