About The Word Botany
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Botany
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What's The Definition Of Botany?
[n] the branch of biology that studies plants
Synonyms | Synonyms for Botany: phytology Related Terms | Find terms related to Botany: aerobiology | agrobiology | amnion | anatomy | astrobiology | bacteriology | biochemics | biochemistry | biochemy | bioecology | biological science | biology | biometrics | biometry | bionics | bionomics | biophysics | bladder | bleb | blister | boll | calyx | capsule | cell | cell physiology | cryobiology | cybernetics | cyst | cytology | ecology | electrobiology | embryology | enzymology | ethnobiology | exobiology | fistula | flora | flowerage | follicle | gallbladder | genetics | gnotobiotics | greenery | greens | herbage | legume | life science | loculus | marsupium | microbiology | molecular biology | pericarp | pharmacology | physiology | plant kingdom | plant life | plants | pocket | pod | radiobiology | sac | saccule | sacculus | saccus | scrotum | seedcase | silique | sinus | sound | stomach | taxonomy | udder | vasculum | vegetable kingdom | vegetable life | vegetation | vegetation spirit | ventricle | verdure | vesica | vesicle | virology | xenobiology | zoology 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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