botany
IPA: bˈɑtʌni
noun
- (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.
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Examples of "botany" in Sentences
- It's a part of the world of plants and botany.
- It was the most exhaustive study of botany at the time.
- The position was soon exchanged for the chair of botany.
- The theme of the street names is botany or natural history.
- In 1600 he was appointed to the chair of Botany and of Anatomy.
- Zoology is the study of animals while botany is the study of plants.
- It commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet in Botany Bay in 1788.
- Botany is the biological discipline which involves the study of plants.
- Biology The science of life and living organisms Botany The study of plants.
- Geographically, it is the area to the south of Botany Bay and the Georges River.
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