natural classification

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noun

1. biology classification of organisms according to relationships based on descent from a common ancestor

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natural classification

Under the natural classification of plants the almond belongs to the order Rosaceæ, and in the tribe Drupaceæ.

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. Fuller

In so far as a natural classification is grounded on real Kinds, its groups are certainly not conventional: it is perfectly true that they do not depend upon an arbitrary choice of the naturalist.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by John Stuart Mill

We can see why characters derived from the embryo should be of equal importance with those derived from the adult, for a natural classification of course includes all ages.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

According to this view, the natural classification would eventually be found to stand upon a basis of physiology.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by George John Romanes

In a small and homogeneous population there is hardly room for a natural classification of society, or for inner groups of interests that set bounds to sovereign power.

From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

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