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–noun, plural -nies.

1.	the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.

2.	the plant life of a region: the botany of Alaska.

3.	the biology of a plant or plant group: the botany of deciduous trees.

4.	(sometimes initial capital letter) Botany wool.

[Origin: 1690–1700; botan(ic) (see botanical) + -y³

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n. pl. bot·a·nies

1. The science or study of plants.
2. A book or scholarly work on this subject.
The plant life of a particular area: the botany of the Ohio River valley.
The characteristic features and biology of a particular kind of plant or plant group.

[Back-formation from earlier botanic, botanical, from Late Latin botanicus; see botanical.]

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botany

1696, from botanic (1656), from Fr. botanique or M.L. botanicus, from Gk. botanikos "of herbs," from botane "a plant, pasture, fodder." The -y is from astronomy, etc. Botany Bay so called by Capt. Cook on account of the great variety of plants found there.

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botany
noun
1.	all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" [syn: vegetation] [ant: fauna]
2.	the branch of biology that studies plants

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botany [ˈbotəni] noun

the scientific study of plants

Arabic:	عِلْمِ النَّبات
Chinese (Simplified):	植物学
Chinese (Traditional):	植物學
Czech:	botanika
Danish:	botanik
Dutch:	plantkunde
Estonian:	botaanika
Finnish:	kasvitiede
French:	botanique
German:	die Botanik
Greek:	βοτανική
Hungarian:	botanika
Icelandic:	grasafræði
Indonesian:	botani, ilmu tumbuh-tumbuhan
Italian:	botanica

Japanese:	植物学
Korean:	식물학
Latvian:	botānika
Lithuanian:	botanika
Norwegian:	botanikk
Polish:	botanika
Portuguese (Brazil):	botânica
Portuguese (Portugal):	botânica
Romanian:	botanică
Russian:	ботаника
Slovak:	botanika
Slovenian:	botanika
Spanish:	botánica
Swedish:	botanik
Turkish:	botanik, bitki bilimi

See also: botanic(al) gardens, botanist

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botany Audio Help (bŏt'n-ē) Pronunciation Key

The scientific study of plants, including their growth, structure, physiology, reproduction, and pathology, as well as their economic use and cultivation by humans.
The plant life of a particular area.

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
botany

The scientific study and categorization of plants. (See fruit, photosynthesis, and plant kingdom.)

[Chapter:] Life Sciences

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Botany

Bo*tan"ic\, Botanical \Bo*tan"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. botanique. See Botany.] Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. -- Botan"ic*al*ly, adv.

Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany.

Botanic physician, a physician whose medicines consist chiefly of herbs and roots.

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