binomial

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Recent Examples of binomial Whatever its origin story, it might be argued that as the shortest binomial composed entirely of vowels, Ia io gives scientists reason enough to shout hurrah. Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026 She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature. Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024 The watermelons grown in the United States were soon subsumed under the same Latin binomial. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021 Before binomials, names of plants in books were lists or strings of words that formed a kind of nuanced description. James Prosek, New York Times, 16 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for binomial
pen name
Noun
  • Shangguanluan, a Chinese writer and activist who is known professionally by her pen name, moved to Taiwan in 2021 with her Taiwanese husband.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • An economy that stretches to Haiti For Jean-Marie Denis, the Haitian writer and Little Haiti cultural activist better known by his pen name, Jan Mapou, the withdrawal of Haitians from public life evokes something from Haiti’s past.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026

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“Binomial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binomial. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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