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- 1. A branch of biologic science that deals with the forms rather than the functions of plants and animals.
- 6. An affix added to the end of a word or stem serving to form a new word.
- 9. In the naming of plants and animals, Latin is used. Each kind of plant or animal can be identified by genus (plural, genera) and species (both singular and plural); e.g., the generic name (genus) of corn is Zea, and the species name is mays.
- 10. A biologist that groups organisms into categories.
- 12. A system of naming used to classify a group, such as the botanical names of plants.
- 13. Within the taxonomic system of classifications, how plants are ordered concerning their
- 14. A group of species of plants or animals believed to have descended from a common direct ancestor that are similar enough to constitute a useful unit at this level of taxonomy.
- 17. A cultivated variety. A group of cultivated plants that are distinguished by any significant character and that retain their distinguishing features when reproduced sexually or asexually.
- 20. for example, the mycota or fungi family.
- 22. A group of related plants and animals that differs from other similar groups by characteristics too trivial or inconstant to be recognized as a species; often any category of lower rank than a species.
- 24. A plant that lives for two years and then dies.
- 26. The science of classification of organisms and other objects and their arrangement into systematic groups, such as species, genus, family, and order.
- 27. A group of closely related genera.
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- 2. A system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- 3. Any grass grown for its edible grain.
- 4. system A two-name system for naming plants.
- 5. Major divisions for living things: the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom.
- 7. That portion of the feed for animals that is secured largely from the leaves and stalks of plants, such as the grasses and legumes used for hay.
- 8. Life history; the changes in the form of life that an organism goes through.
- 11. The forming, sorting, apportioning, grouping, or dividing of objects into classes to form an ordered arrangement of items having a defined range of characteristics.
- 13. Pertaining to a woody plant whose leaves fall at the end of the growing season.
- 15. name The scientific name of plants, which includes the genus and species.
- 16. An affix; attached to the front of a word to produce a derivative word or an inflected form.
- 17. A division of the plant or animal kingdom lower than a phylum and higher than an order; e.g., the class Insecta.
- 18. In the botanical classification of plants, a category in between class and family.
- 19. A cone-bearing tree.
- 21. Plants living one year or less. During this time, the plant grows, flowers, produces seeds, and dies.
- 23. A plant that lives for more than two years.
- 25. The language often used to name plants.