Category: N

(In nomenclature) name or epithet published as a replacement for an earlier name or epithet; for example, as a replacement for a name that would not be valid in a new combination.  

(In nomenclature) illegal name, a name that was nomenclaturally superfluous when published (because the taxon and type had already been validly published under another name) or a later homonym of a previously published name.  

(In nomenclature) name whose use is officially permitted in spite of its contravention of one or more articles of the I.C.B.N.  

From the Latin nomen, meaning ‘name’.  

Forming of nodules on roots.  

With little knobs or knots. Formed of nodules. The state of having nodes or a node.  

Knobbly. Swollen or knotlike at intervals; marked by nodes or projections.  

Bearing nodes or producing nodes [obscure term].  

The area of a stem where a leaf is attached or used to be attached. Place on the stem where one or more leaves or branches are attached. A joint on a stem where a leaf, leaves, or branches originate. A joint of the stem, that is, the region which bears a leaf or a…

Bending and pointing downwards. Said of an organ when the summit hangs downward. Involuntary motion of the head downward, as when momentarily dozing.