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Botany

Botany Meaning & Definition
Botany Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Botany?

[n] the branch of biology that studies plants

Synonyms | Synonyms for Botany: phytology

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See Also | biological science | biology | mycology | palaeobotany | paleobotany | pomology

Botany In Webster's Dictionary

\Bot"a*ny\, n.; pl. {Botanies}. [F. botanique, a. & n., fr. Gr. ? botanic, fr. ? herb, plant, fr. ? to feed, graze.] 1. The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See {Plant}. 2. A book which treats of the science of botany. Note: Botany is divided into various departments; as, {Structural Botany}, which investigates the structure and organic composition of plants; {Physiological Botany}, the study of their functions and life; and {Systematic Botany}, which has to do with their classification, description, nomenclature, etc.

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