Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to plants or plant life.
- adjective Of or relating to the science of botany.
- noun A drug, medicinal preparation, or similar substance obtained from a plant or plants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or concerned with the study or cultivation of plants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
botany ; relating to the study ofplants ; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. - noun Something derived from a botanical, especially
herbal , source
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves)
- adjective of or relating to plants or botany
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Identifying gaps in botanical information for biodiversity conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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They have made a long-term botanical study of the composition of the natural forest and its pharmacological potentials, of the okapi and of the dynamics of the socio-economic impact of human migration.
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We also probably should go to the Austin botanical gardens and plan hikes at least once a month.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Woke up, coughing... 2004
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We also probably should go to the Austin botanical gardens and plan hikes at least once a month.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: November 2004 Archives 2004
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Unfortunately, its counterpart in French botanical terminology, radicule, apparently has been anglicised into radicle.
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Unfortunately, its counterpart in French botanical terminology, radicule, apparently has been anglicised into radicle.
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As late as 1820, Goethe worried that women and children should not be exposed to the "dogma of sexuality" in botanical studies (Stern 245).
Notes 2001
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They are all found in botanical works under long, clumsy, Latin appellations, very little fitted for every-day uses, just like the plants of our gardens, half of which are only known by long-winded Latin polysyllables, which timid people are afraid to pronounce.
Rural Hours 1887
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With a career spanning 35 years, Lipscomb has become known as a botanical ambassador.
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Sylva worked as the groundskeeper at the now-defunct Maui Zoo in Wailuku and began planting native foliage to the point that it also became known as a botanical garden, Hobdy recalled.
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