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form taxa

form taxa is the plural of form taxon.

Meaning of form taxon

Noun

form taxon (plural form taxa)

  1. A collection of organisms that is given formal recognition at some rank with a taxonomic name, but which is known to be a grouping based on similar morphological characteristics, rather than more extensive biological similarity.
    • All fossilized roots of scale trees are assigned to the form taxon 'Stigmaria'.

Questions about form taxa

What is form taxa the plural of?
Form taxa is the plural of form taxon.

Words near form taxa in the dictionary

  1. form of government
  2. form room
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  4. form setter
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  6. form taxa
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  8. form'd
  9. form-
  10. form-critical
  11. form-fitting

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