botany

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/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

  1. (uncountable)A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
    “the botany of Greenland”
  3. (countable, uncountable)The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
  4. (countable)A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

name

  1. 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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