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亜変種 (あへんしゅ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

亜あ変へん種しゅ

Meanings

1

noun

subvariety

botany

Botanical term for a taxonomic rank below variety; used in scientific classification of plants.

この植しょく物ぶつは、ある種しゅの亜あ変へん種しゅとして分ぶん類るいされている。
This plant is classified as a subvariety of a certain species.

Kanji

亜Asia, rank next, come after
変unusual, change, strange
種species, kind, class

Similar words

変へん種しゅ
変種 (variety) is a higher taxonomic rank; 亜変種 is a subdivision of a variety.

Etymology

Compound of 亜 (sub-) and 変種 (variety), a direct calque of the taxonomic term 'subvariety'.