botanical

[ buh-tan-i-kuhl ]

/ bəˈtæn ɪ kəl /

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adjective

Also bo·tan·ic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.

noun

Pharmacology. a drug made from part of a plant, as from roots, leaves, bark, or berries.

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Origin of botanical

1650–60; botanic (<Medieval Latin botanicus<Greek botanikós of plants, equivalent to botán(ē) herb + -ikos-ic) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM botanical

bo·tan·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·bo·tan·ic, adjectivenon·bo·tan·i·cal, adjectivenon·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.
Summer Lovers|Matthew Dakotah|September 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST
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 Ellacombe
This 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 Ellacombe
The 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 Felton

They were therefore placed in a building adjacent to the Botanic Garden.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
One of the first things to which his attention was directed was the Cambridge Botanic Garden.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various

British Dictionary definitions for botanical

botanical

botanic

/ (ˌbəˈtænɪkəl) /

adjective

of or relating to botany or plants

noun

any drug or pesticide that is made from parts of a plant

Derived forms of botanical

botanically, adverb

Word Origin for botanical

C17: from Medieval Latin botanicus, from Greek botanikos relating to plants, from botanē plant, pasture, from boskein to feed; perhaps related to Latin bōs ox, cow

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British Dictionary definitions for botanical

botanic

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