{"id":20297,"date":"2020-06-19T05:20:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T05:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=20297"},"modified":"2023-01-06T10:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T10:59:34","slug":"synonym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/synonym\/","title":{"rendered":"Synonym"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(In nomenclature) a surplus scientific name, belonging to a taxon which already has a valid name; where two or more names are applied to the same taxon they are called synonyms but only one of these can be correct \u2014 usually this is the oldest (principle of priority) but the correct name may be a conserved or non-rejected name; there are two kinds of synonyms.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A scientific name which, though no longer valid, still lingers in use, for example Plumbago aunculata syn. P. capensis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"ref\" style=\"text-indent: -12.0pt; margin: 0in 0in .0001pt 12.0pt;\">Another name a plant was given, incorrectly applied and not valid.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A scientific name which, though no longer accepted, still lingers in use, Cyrtostachys renda syn. C. lakka.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>One of two words that have the same or very similar meaning; an additional or substitute name for the same disease, sign, symptom, or anatomical structure.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(In nomenclature) a surplus scientific name, belonging to a taxon which already has a valid name; where two or more names are applied to the same taxon they are called synonyms but only one of these can be correct \u2014 usually this is the oldest (principle of priority) but the correct name may be a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Synonym - Definition of Synonym<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(In nomenclature) a surplus scientific name, belonging to a taxon which already has a valid name; where two or more names are applied to the same taxon they are called synonyms but only one of these can be correct \u2014 usually this is the oldest (principle of priority) but the correct name may be a conserved or non-rejected name; there are two kinds of synonyms.A scientific name which, though no longer valid, still lingers in use, for example Plumbago aunculata syn. 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