Definitions
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- adjective
Moon (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Moon's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Moon.
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Examples
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Examples include Diospyros oppositifolia, which is confined to the top of a small but species-rich peak known as Hinidumkanda, Stemonoporus moonii, and Mesua stylosa, which are known only from an inland marsh forest in Bulathsinhala, and an aquatic Cyperaceae, Mappania immersa, which is limited to some streams at Sinharaja.
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