botanical garden
Americannoun
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botanical gardens
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of botanical garden
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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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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