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

Botany Sentence Examples

  • After leaving Botany Bay, Cook sailed northward.

  • It contains many valuable articles on history, topography, botany, mining, commerce and statistics.

  • A geographical botany based on such resemblances is only in reality a study of adaptations.

  • The eastern parts of Australia are very much richer both in their botany and in their zoology than any of the other parts.

  • I took Helen and my Botany, "How Plants Grow," up in the tree, where we often go to read and study, and I told her in simple words the story of plantlife.

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Words Starting With

BBOBOT

Words Ending With

YNYANY

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Words Starting With B and Ending With Y

Starts With B & Ends With YStarts With BO & Ends With YStarts With B & Ends With NY

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With Y