scientific taxonomy

noun

The application of systematic and standardized methods used to classify organisms.

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Meanings

nounscientific taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural scientific taxonomies)

plural scientific taxonomies

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe application of systematic and standardized methods used to classify organisms.

    Folk-taxonomies often are at variance with scientific taxonomies, even in cultures that have cultivated the scientific analysis of plants, animals, colors, and other taxonomized phenomena.

    2003, Earl R. Anderson, Folk-taxonomies in Early English, page 24
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