specific epithet

English

Examples
In Cannabis sativa, the word sativa is the specific epithet.

Noun

specific epithet (plural specific epithets)

1. (taxonomy) The second (uncapitalized) word in the scientific name of a species, following the name of the genus.

   Synonym: species epithet

   Hypernyms: epithet < name < word < term

   Holonyms: species name (the binomial unit), binominal name, binomial name

   Coordinate terms: specific name (the equivalent in zoology); subspecific epithet; genus name

Usage notes

• The term specific epithet usually refers to the second element in the formal name of a plant, fungus, or bacterium. The corresponding element in the formal name of an animal is normally called its specific name.

Translations

(taxonomy) second word in the scientific name of a species

Chinese: Mandarin: 種名 / 种名 (zh) Finnish: lajiosa (fi) French: épithète spécifique (fr) f German: Artbeiname m, Artname m (in a strict sense), Artzusatz m (rare), Artepitheton (de) n/Art-Epitheton n, spezifisches Epitheton (de) n, Speciesbeiname m, Speciesname m, Artepithet n Japanese: 種小名 (shushōmei) Polish: nazwa gatunkowa f Portuguese: epiteto específico m (Zoology) Romanian: epitet specific n Volapük: sotanem

See also

• genus name
• species name