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basionym

basionym noun: an earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived.

Noun

basionym (plural basionyms)

  1. An earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived.
    • Arundinaria distans is the basionym of Colanthelia distans.

basionym meaning in Tamil

basionym in Tamil

மூலப்பெயர்

Forms of basionym

pluralbasionyms
alternative formbasonym

Origin of basionym

From basi- (“base”) + -onym (“name”).

Words formed from basionym

Questions about basionym

What does basionym mean?
Basionym means an earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived.
What is basionym in Tamil?
Basionym in Tamil is மூலப்பெயர். See Basionym meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is basionym?
Basionym is a noun.
What is the plural of basionym?
The plural of basionym is basionyms.

Words near basionym in the dictionary

  1. basiocciputs
  2. basioglossal
  3. basiolabial
  4. basion
  5. basions
  6. basionym
  7. basionyms
  8. basiooccipital
  9. basiotripsy
  10. basipalatal
  11. basipedal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basionym (page history and authors); basionym (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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