botanical garden
Americannoun
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botanical gardens
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of botanical garden
First recorded in 1775–85
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To observe how the bioplastics behaved in a natural environment, the team placed samples beneath the surface of forest soil at the university's botanical garden.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The botanical garden in Richmond, west London, has more than 11,000 trees in its living collections.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
In the afternoon, I take a 15-minute cab ride to Batumi’s botanical garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Griswold hopes the exhibit is a way to marry some of the wonder and technology of a theme park with the natural awe of an 87-acre botanical garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
They’ve got a small fountain for birds and enough flowers to give a botanical garden a run for its money.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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