botanical name

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Noun

botanical name (plural botanical names)

  1. (botany) A formal scientific name of a plant, especially as conforming to the ICBN.
    Plantae, Betulaceae, Helianthemum, Zea mays and Stellaria media subsp. media are botanical names.

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