Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phytonym

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phytonym
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A (non-taxonomic) plant name.

noun

The name of an individual plant (e.g. General Sherman, a tree in Sequoia National Park, California).

noun

An anthroponym derived from the name of a plant.

Example Sentences

"Aniseed: (Pimpinella anisum) [...] This phytonym refers also to Foeniculum vulgare because this plant has yellow flowers, fine foliage and a strong smell of aniseed."
"Duck Weed: (Lemma perpusilla, Fam. Lemnaceae) [...] The Spanish phytonym for this plant carries another taxonomic name (Piaprpous crassipes, Fam. Pontederiaceae)"

Etymology

From phyto- + -onym.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phyto
Suffix: onym

Inflected Forms

phytonyms (plural)

Questions

What does phytonym mean?: A (non-taxonomic) plant name.
Where does phytonym come from?: From phyto- + -onym.

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