Meaning

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

    Botanik, Pflanzenkunde

    бота́никаbotánika

    бота́нікаbotánika

    the branch of biology that studies plants

  2. (countable, uncountable)The plant life of a geographical area; flora.

    the botany of Greenland

    all the plant life in a particular region or period

  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.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. I've always been interested in botany.

    deIch habe mich schon immer für Botanik interessiert.

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  2. Botany is the scientific study of plants.

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  3. I'm not interested in botany.

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  4. Zoology and botany deal with the study of life.

    ruЗоология и ботаника занимаются изучением жизни.

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  5. Zoology and botany are about the study of life.

    deZoologie und Botanik widmen sich dem Studium des Lebens.

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Translations

9 languages
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By meaning 1
scientific study of plants:
Русский
By meaning 1
scientific study of plants:
Deutsch
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scientific study of plants:

Origin

First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.

First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.

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Forms

plural: botanies
Singularbotany
Pluralbotanies

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

22 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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