botany
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- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
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- Letters
- 6
/ˈbɒt.ə.ni/
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/ˈbɒt.ə.ni/ · /ˈbɒt.ni/ · /-nɪ/ · /ˈbɑ.tə.ni/ · [ˈbɑ.ɾə.ni] · /ˈbɑt.ni/
Definition of botany
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable)A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
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noun
- (uncountable)A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
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(countable, uncountable)The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
“the botany of Greenland”
- (countable, uncountable)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.
name
- A suburb of Sydney in the Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.
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Etymology
First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.
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