taxonomy
noun/tækˈsɒnəmi/
/tækˈsɑːnəmi/
(plural taxonomies)
- [uncountable] the scientific process of classifying things (= arranging them into groups)
- plant taxonomy
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- [countable] a particular system of classifying things
Word Originearly 19th cent.: coined in French from Greek taxis ‘arrangement’ + -nomia ‘distribution’.
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