I have overridden taxonomy pages with a custom page-taxonomy.tpl.php. I'd now like to be able to draw information from the taxonomy $content, but am not sure how to do this.

For a custom node.tpl.php I can use

     print_r($node) 

All of the variables from the node objects are returned. I'd like to be able to do similar with variables belonging to taxonomy, like have a custom call for Synonyms (print $taxonomy->synonym doesn't seem or work) or taxonomy description term (likewise I'm having no luck guessing at $taxonomy->description).

Simple question, when theming the taxonomy pages how am I able to call the objects and variables at once, to be able to pick and choose which to use?

Many thanks.