botanical
Also bo·tan·ic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
Pharmacology. a drug made from part of a plant, as from roots, leaves, bark, or berries.
Origin of botanical
1Other words from botanical
- bo·tan·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·bo·tan·ic, adjective
- non·bo·tan·i·cal, adjective
- non·bo·tan·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·bo·tan·i·cal, adjective
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How to use botanical in a sentence
We hired a guy called Patrick Cullina, who was at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, to run the horticulture and operations of the park.
Miller gives 1648 as the earliest date he could discover, at which time it was grown in the Oxford Botanic Garden.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeThis well-known little plant has the curious botanic history that no one can tell what is its native country.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeThe botanic skill displayed by him on this spot, did not escape the searching eye of Mr. Loudon, for in p. 807 of his Encyclop.
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, | Samuel FeltonThey were therefore placed in a building adjacent to the Botanic Garden.
One of the first things to which his attention was directed was the Cambridge Botanic Garden.
British Dictionary definitions for botanical
botanic
/ (ˌbəˈtænɪkəl) /
of or relating to botany or plants
any drug or pesticide that is made from parts of a plant
Origin of botanical
1Derived forms of botanical
- botanically, adverb
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