What does "meronym" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "meronym"?

Common synonyms include: component, component relation, part, part name, part relation.

/ˈmɛɹənɪm/ noun

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Noun

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
a word that names a part of a larger whole wordnet

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

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