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botany

/ˈbɑ.tə.ni/noun3 syllables

Botany means: all the plant life in a particular region or period.

Synonyms for botany3

noun, as in all the plant life in a particular region or period

noun, as in the branch of biology that studies plants

phytology

What does botany mean?2

noun

1

all the plant life in a particular region or period“Pleistocene vegetation”

2

the branch of biology that studies plants

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Botany in a sentence

  • Zoology and botany deal with the study of life.CM
  • Zoology and botany are dedicated to the study of life.whitefishglobal
  • Zoology and botany are about the study of life.whitefishglobal
  • Did you know that botany is the study of plants?megamanenm
  • We studied the different acer species in botany class.Wassnen
  • We studied the morphologies of several species of rush in botany class.rul
  • Botany is the scientific study of plants.CK
  • Botany deals with the study of plants.CM

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Forms of botany

as a noun

plural
botanies