botanical

adj, noun — 3 senses

botanical

adj

/bəˈtænɪkəl/

Etymology From botany + -ical.

1

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.

a botanical system
a botanical textbook

2

Nonstandard Of or pertaining to plants; vegetable in the broad sense.

Derived terms: archaeobotanical, archeobotanical, botanical garden, botanically, botanical name, ecobotanical, ethnobotanical, geobotanical, macrobotanical, medicobotanical, microbotanical, nonbotanical, palaeobotanical, paleobotanical, unbotanical, zoobotanical

botanical

noun

Etymology From botany + -ical.

1

Cooking, Cosmetics, Food, Lifestyle, Medicine, Sciences Something derived from a botanical, especially herbal, source.

But where vodka stays neutral, gin is infused with botanicals — a witch’s pantry of roots, berries, herbs, dried fruits and spices — dominated by the piney, breezy aroma of juniper berries.2007 May 2, Eric Asimov, “No, Really, It Was Tough: 4 People, 80 Martinis”, in New York Times:

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