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basonym

basonym is the alternative form of basionym.

Meaning of basionym

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.

Forms of basonym

pluralbasonyms

Origin of basonym

From baso- + -onym.

Questions about basonym

What is basonym the alternative form of?
Basonym is the alternative form of basionym.

Words near basonym in the dictionary

  1. bason
  2. Bason Bridge
  3. basons
  4. basonuclin
  5. basonuclins
  6. basonym
  7. basonyms
  8. basopenia
  9. basopenias
  10. basophil
  11. basophile

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basonym (page history and authors); basionym (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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