form division

1. 1.

   an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure

   Broaderdivision

Questions about form division

What does form division mean?

form division means "an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure".

Is form division a common word?

form division is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.