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botanical definition

bo·tani·cal (bə tan′i kəl)

adjective

  1. of plants and plant life
  2. of or connected with the science of botany
  3. of or belonging to a botanical species
Also botanic bo·tan′ic

Etymology: < obs. botanic (< Fr botanique < Gr botanikos < botanē, a plant < boskein, to feed, graze) + -al

noun

a drug prepared from bark, roots, herbs, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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