botanical garden

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a garden for the exhibition and scientific study of collected, growing plants, usually in association with greenhouses, herbariums, laboratories, etc.

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Also called botanic garden.

Origin of botanical garden

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby botanical garden

bot, bota, Botallo's duct, botanica, botanical, botanical garden, botanic garden, botanist, botanize, botany, Botany Bay

How to use botanical garden in a sentence

He maintains a private botanical garden in Penang with the area’s largest collection of Malaysian palms and gingers.
A legacy of landmark buildings in Malaysia and Singapore|Kara Baskin|June 30, 2021|MIT Technology Review
If you want to be certain you’ll see butterflies, there are a variety of living exhibits throughout the United States, often associated with museums, zoos or botanical gardens.
Where to see butterflies indoors and out, a primer for would-be lepidopterists|Liz Langley|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
I’ll be on the phone with a botanical garden about flowers, or a whale expert to get the whale emoji right, or a cardiovascular surgeon so we have the anatomy of the heart down.
The woman who will decide what emoji we get to use|Tanya Basu|May 11, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The government agency oversees around 5 million hectares of national parks and botanical gardens.
Zimbabwe is selling the right to shoot as many as 500 elephants|Farai Shawn Matiashe|May 5, 2021|Quartz

Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But they had not quit and here they now were as the Emerald Society Pipes and Drums came into the Garden.
Cop Families Boo De Blasio at NYPD Graduation|Michael Daly|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No sign of any North Koreans, just lots of common, or garden, internet cybercriminals.
No, North Korea Didn’t Hack Sony|Marc Rogers|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After all, you prepare your home, car, garden and other things for the seasonal change, so why not your body?
9 Ways to Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder|DailyBurn|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Miyazaki is frank in his interviews with Sunada, whom he allows to tag along to his studio, his garden, and his private atelier.
Anime King Hayao Miyazaki’s Cursed Dreams|Melissa Leon|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Ten minutes later, veiled and cloaked, she stepped out alone into the garden.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
In such conditions many kinds which do not flourish very freely in the open garden, grow into handsome specimens.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin