ALL meanings of dichotomous key
di·chot·o·mous key
D d - noun dichotomous key a key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified 3
- noun dichotomous key (biology) A written tool for identification of plants and animals. It is written as a sequence of paired questions, the choice of which determines the next pair of questions until a name or identification is reached. 0