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Whatever its origin story, it might be argued that as the shortest binomial composed entirely of vowels, Ia io gives scientists reason enough to shout hurrah.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
There was no third option in this binomial exercise.
—Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature.
—Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
The watermelons grown in the United States were soon subsumed under the same Latin binomial.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
Before binomials, names of plants in books were lists or strings of words that formed a kind of nuanced description.
—James Prosek, New York Times, 16 May 2017
Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
There was no third option in this binomial exercise.
—Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature.
—Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
The watermelons grown in the United States were soon subsumed under the same Latin binomial.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
Before binomials, names of plants in books were lists or strings of words that formed a kind of nuanced description.
—James Prosek, New York Times, 16 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for binomial
pen name
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Concerned about the influx of solar and wind farms being built in Sardinia by outsiders, Roberto Pusceddu, under his pen name Erre Push, published a graphic novel that aimed to inspire young people to resist such impositions.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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Twain, who was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, even took his pen name from the job.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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“Binomial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binomial. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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