Sunday, November 8, 2009
form
— form, forma |fôrm| noun
( pl. forms)
a taxonomic category that ranks below variety, which contains organisms differing from the typical kind in some trivial, frequently impermanent, character, e.g., a color variant. Compare with subspecies and variety. Designated in the style Hibiscus moscheutos forma peckii.
ORIGIN from French -forme, from Latin -formis, from forma ‘form.’
( pl. forms)
a taxonomic category that ranks below variety, which contains organisms differing from the typical kind in some trivial, frequently impermanent, character, e.g., a color variant. Compare with subspecies and variety. Designated in the style Hibiscus moscheutos forma peckii.
ORIGIN from French -forme, from Latin -formis, from forma ‘form.’
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