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Recent Examples of binomial
There was no third option in this binomial exercise.
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Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
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
Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
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
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During his downtime, Radcliffe works with the Trevor Project (among other charities); writes poetry (under a pen name); and unwinds by playing fantasy football and learning complex rap lyrics.—
Julia Emmanuele,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Darian, who uses a pen name for her writing, tells Glamour via Zoom.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Binomial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binomial. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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