Definitions
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- adjective Baillon (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Baillon's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Baillon, but especially for French botanist Henri Ernest Baillon.
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Along the Rio Piranhas mangroves, four plant species are found on these seagrasses (Holodule wrightii, Halophila baillonii, Halophila decipiens, and Ruppia maritima), but Holodule wrightii is by far the dominant species along the Pernambuco Coast.
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