botany
nounUK /ˈbɒt.ə.ni/ · US /ˈbɑ.tə.ni/
Etymology First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.
1
A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
2
The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
- the botany of Greenland
3
The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
4
A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
- Derived terms
- archaeobotany, archæobotany, archeobotany, astrobotany, botanical, botanically, botanise, botanize, botanist, botanomancy, botanophile, Botany Bay, cryptobotany, ethnobotany, ethnomedicobotany, geobotany, macrobotany, microbotany, neobotany, paleobotany, Port Botany, xenobotany