Binomen is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Binomen in a sentence
Binomen meaning
- A name having two parts.
- A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
Using Binomen
- The main meaning on this page is: A name having two parts. | A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
Context around Binomen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Binomen
- In this selection, "binomen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, same, first and published stand out and add context to how "binomen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include binomial a binomen or a and name or binomen in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "binomen" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with binomen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The first binomen published after 1753 was Lamarck's Annona dodecapetala (1786). (12 words)
Plumier's name was not a binomen and moreover published before Species Plantarum, so it has no status. (18 words)
No other species of animal can have this same binomen (the technical term for a binomial in the case of animals). (21 words)
Such a name is called a binomial name (which may be shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen or a scientific name; more informally it is also called a Latin name. (30 words)
Together, these two parts are referred to as a "species name" or "binomen" in the zoological code; or "species name", "binomial", or "binary combination" in the botanical code. (28 words)
No other species of animal can have this same binomen (the technical term for a binomial in the case of animals). (21 words)
Example sentences (5)
No other species of animal can have this same binomen (the technical term for a binomial in the case of animals).
Plumier's name was not a binomen and moreover published before Species Plantarum, so it has no status.
Such a name is called a binomial name (which may be shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen or a scientific name; more informally it is also called a Latin name.
The first binomen published after 1753 was Lamarck's Annona dodecapetala (1786).
Together, these two parts are referred to as a "species name" or "binomen" in the zoological code; or "species name", "binomial", or "binary combination" in the botanical code.