no·men·cla·ture (n  m n-kl  chr, n-m nkl-)n. 1. A system of names used in an art or science: the nomenclature of mineralogy. 2. The procedure of assigning names to the kinds and groups of organisms listed in a taxonomic classification: the rules of nomenclature in botany. [Latin n menclt ra, from nmencltor, nomenclator; see nomenclator.]no men·clatur·al adj. |
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