English Explanatory Dictionary

phytonym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A (non-taxonomic) plant name.
  2. The name of an individual plant (e.g. General Sherman, a tree in Sequoia National Park, California).
  3. An anthroponym derived from the name of a plant.

Word forms

phytonym phytonyms

Etymology

From phyto- + -onym.

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