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    taxonomy

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    noun
    BrE BrE//tækˈsɒnəmi//
    ; NAmE NAmE//tækˈsɑːnəmi//
    (pl. taxonomies)
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  1. 1 [uncountable] the scientific process of classifying things (= arranging them into groups) plant taxonomy
  2. 2[countable] a particular system of classifying things
    3.  Word Originearly 19th cent.: coined in French from Greek taxis ‘arrangement’ + -nomia ‘distribution’. Wordfinderbreedbreed, class, classification, genus, hybrid, kingdom, order, phylum, species, taxonomy
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