phytonym

English

Etymology

From phyto- +‎ -onym.

Noun

phytonym (plural phytonyms)

  1. A (non-taxonomic) plant name.
    • 2008, Renato Tomei, Forbidden Fruits: The Secret Names of Plants in Caribbean Culture‎[1]:
      Aniseed: (Pimpinella anisum) [...] This phytonym refers also to Foeniculum vulgare because this plant has yellow flowers, fine foliage and a strong smell of aniseed.
    • 2008, Renato Tomei, Forbidden Fruits: The Secret Names of Plants in Caribbean Culture‎[2]:
      Duck Weed: (Lemma perpusilla, Fam. Lemnaceae) [...] The Spanish phytonym for this plant carries another taxonomic name (Piaprpous crassipes, Fam. Pontederiaceae)
  2. The name of an individual plant (e.g. General Sherman, a tree in Sequoia National Park, California).
  3. An anthroponym derived from the name of a plant.

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