BOTANY

botany, phytology

(noun) the branch of biology that studies plants

vegetation, flora, botany

(noun) all the plant life in a particular region or period; “Pleistocene vegetation”; “the flora of southern California”; “the botany of China”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

botany (countable and uncountable, plural botanies)

(uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.

The plant life of a geographical area; flora.

The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.

(countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

Source: Wiktionary

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Bot"a*ny, n.; pl. Botanies. Etym: [F. botanique, a. & n., fr. Gr. botanic, fr. herb, plant, fr. to feed, graze.]

1. The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.

2. A book which treats of the science of botany.

Note: Botany is divided into various departments; as, Structural Botany, which investigates the structure and organic composition of plants; Physiological Botany, the study of their functions and life; and Systematic Botany, which has to do with their classification, description, nomenclature, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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