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botanical garden

American  

noun

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


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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

In the afternoon, I take a 15-minute cab ride to Batumi’s botanical garden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

While the official LAF events continue to take place monthly, people fill the time in between with dinners, trips to a local botanical garden and beach bonfires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

The monumental common beech tree grows in an old park in the University of Wroclaw's botanical garden.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024

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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