Botany Definition

bŏtn-ē
botanies
noun
botanies
The branch of biology that studies plants, their life, structure, growth, classification, etc.
Webster's New World
A book or scholarly work on this subject.
American Heritage Medicine
The plant life of an area.
Webster's New World
The characteristics or properties of a plant or plant group.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Botany

Noun

Singular:
botany
Plural:
botanies

Origin of Botany

  • Back-formation from earlier botanic botanical from Late Latin botanicus botanical

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic..

    From Wiktionary

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