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botany

[ bot-n-ee ]

noun

, plural bot·a·nies.
  1. the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
  2. the plant life of a region:

    the botany of Alaska.

  3. the biology of a plant or plant group:

    the botany of deciduous trees.

  4. (sometimes initial capital letter) Botany wool.


botany

/ ˈbɒtənɪ /

noun

  1. the study of plants, including their classification, structure, physiology, ecology, and economic importance
  2. the plant life of a particular region or time
  3. the biological characteristics of a particular group of plants
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


botany

/ bŏtn-ē /

  1. The scientific study of plants, including their growth, structure, physiology, reproduction, and pathology, as well as their economic use and cultivation by humans.
  2. The plant life of a particular area.


botany

  1. The scientific study and categorization of plants. ( See fruit , photosynthesis , and plant kingdom .)


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Derived Forms

  • ˈbotanist, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of botany1

1690–1700; botan(ic) ( botanical ) + -y 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of botany1

C17: from botanical ; compare astronomy , astronomical
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Example Sentences

If you’re not already, dig into media about the natural world, in whatever format you like best, whether that means watching documentaries, reading books about animals or botany or expeditions, or following foraging accounts on TikTok.

It manages to be an ode to taxidermy and botany, a meditation on aging, a tongue-in-cheek look at how we romanticize the wilderness, and, as the title suggests, a reflection on the delusions of modern life.

That was the end of her formal education, but she showed great aptitude for botany.

Thus she was heading to the University of North Dakota as a botany instructor.

A 1786 book on experimental physics covered astronomy, geology, zoology, medicine, and botany.

The Garden of Cyrus, with its arcane explorations of botany and geometry, may as well be an alchemical treatise or a grimoire.

And she has amassed a world-class 10,000-volume library devoted to botany through the ages.

Three men were sentenced to grow potatoes at Botany Bay the rest of their lives.

He had taken up botany with much ardour, and sharing the study with Margaret was a great delight to both.

“Botany is that branch of biology which treats of plant life” has in it the same error.

“Biology” is not so well understood as “botany,” though it is a more general term.

“Man is an animal that reasons,” “botany is the branch of science that treats of plant life,” would both be easily understood.

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