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scientific classification

NOUN
scheme for ordering things
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Nakai spent time studying the Dudleya genus, succulents native to the West Coast, and contributed to its taxonomy, or scientific classification.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2025

In a career spanning almost 60 years, Janaki studied a wide range of flowering plants and reworked the scientific classification of several families of plants.

From BBC Nov. 13, 2022

“Our weather warning systems were designed to detect and warn for singular threats — they’re biased toward a more siloed and scientific classification of threats,” Henderson wrote in an email.

From Washington Post May 4, 2022

W. John Koolage, a professor of philosophy at Eastern Michigan University, is writing an introduction that explores the positioning of humans and animals in scientific classification systems.

From Scientific American Feb. 21, 2020

The scientific classification, when once made, should appear, as the botanists say, to be natural, not artificial.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir



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