phytonym noun3 •A (non-taxonomic) plant name.Aniseed: (Pimpinella anisum) [...] This phytonym refers also to Foeniculum vulgare because this plant has yellow flowers, fine foliage and a strong smell of aniseed. — 2008 •The name of an individual plant (e.g. General Sherman, a tree in Sequoia National Park, California). •An anthroponym derived from the name of a plant. formsphytonyms