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
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
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
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
