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Noun

1. 1
   A term used to denote a thing that is a part of something else.

   "The word "leaf" is a meronym of the word "tree"."

2. 2
   a word that names a part of a larger whole wordnet

Synonyms

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hypernymhyponympart namepartonym

Antonyms

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holonym

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"The word "leaf" is a meronym of the word "tree"."

Etymology

From mero- + -onym, from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”).

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