Scientific name of plants are mostly derived from which of the following language?

Greek

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French

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Sanskrit

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Latin

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Solution

The correct option is D Latin
Scientific names are used as means of classifying or identifying scientific plants. At the time when biologist Carl Linnaeus published books of binomial nomenclature, Latin was used in western Europe as the common language of science and scientific names were in Latin or Greek. Linnaeus continued this practice.

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