basionym
Noun. (botany, taxonomy) An earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived. .This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
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