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bot·a·ny
(bŏt′n-ē)n. pl. bot·a·nies
1.
a. The science or study of plants.
b. A book or scholarly work on this subject.
2. The plant life of a particular area: the botany of the Ohio River valley.
3. The characteristic features and biology of a particular kind of plant or plant group.
[Back-formation from earlier botanic, botanical, from Late Latin botanicus; see botanical.]
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botany
(ˈbɒtənɪ)n, pl -nies
1. (Botany) the study of plants, including their classification, structure, physiology, ecology, and economic importance
2. (Botany) the plant life of a particular region or time
3. (Botany) the biological characteristics of a particular group of plants
[C17: from botanical; compare astronomy, astronomical]
ˈbotanist n
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bot•a•ny
(ˈbɒt n i)n., pl. -nies.
1. the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
2. the plant life of a region.
3. the biological characteristics of a plant or plant group.
[1690–1700]
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bot·a·ny
(bŏt′n-ē)1. The scientific study of plants, including their growth, structure, and diseases.
2. The plant life of a particular area: the botany of the American southwest.
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Botany
the branch of systematic botany that studies grasses. Also called graminology. — agrostologist, n. — agrostologic, agrostological, adj.
the branch of botany that studies seaweeds and algae. Also called phycology. — algologist, n. — algological, adj.
the branch of botany that studies the cultivation of grapes. — ampelographer, n.
an abnormal change in the form of a plant that falsely gives it the appearance of a different species. — anamorphic, adj.
the state or condition of certain flowers or plants of having different dimensions along different axes. See also physics. — anisotropic, adj.
the branch of botany that studies brambles. — batologist, n.
in botany, the condition of having two planes of symmetry at right angles to one another. — bisymmetric, bisymmetrical, adj.
a major division of biology that studies all plant life. Also called phytology. — botanist, n. — botanical, adj.
the branch of botany that studies mosses and liverworts. — bryologist, n.
the pollination process of figs, in which fig wasps, attracted by the caprifigs, or inedible fig-fruit, pollinate the figs. — caprificator, n.
a person who specializes in the study of sedges.
the branch of botany that studies the structure of fruits and seeds. — carpologist, n. — carpological, adj.
abnormal coloration in parts of a plant that are usually green. See also color.
one proficient in cryptogamic botany, i.e., the study of plants, as ferns and mosses, that have no true flowers or seeds.
the branch of botany that studies trees. — dendrologist, n. — dendrologic, dendrological, adj.
the study of the character, ecology, and causes of plant diseases, as blight, which destroy a large number of susceptible plants in a large area simultaneously. — epiphytologist, n.
a specialty in botany that studies the lore and uses of plants as illustrative of the customs of a (usually primitive) society. — ethnobotanist, n. — ethnobotanic, ethnobotanical, adj.
the study of ferns. Cf. pteridology. — filicologist. n.
the scientific study of fungi. — fungologist, n. — fungological, adj.
agrostology. — graminologist, n. — graminologic, graminological, adj.
Obsolete, a descriptive botanist. See also plants.
Obsolete, a herbalist.
Obsolete, botany.
a collection of dried plants, assembled and arranged for botanical study.
the study of lichens. — lichenologist, n. — lichenologic, lichenological, adj.
a system of botanical nomenclature following the binomial procedures established by Swedish botanist Carl von Linné. — Linnaean, Linnean, adj.
the study of mosses. — muscologist, n.
1. the branch of botany that studies fungi.
2. a catalogue of the fungi found in a specific area. — mycologist, n. — mycologie, mycological, adj.
2. a catalogue of the fungi found in a specific area. — mycologist, n. — mycologie, mycological, adj.
the branch of botany or horticulture that studies orchids. — orchidologist, n.
a scientific description of seaweed. — phycographic, adj.
algology. — phycologist, n.
any of the basic divisions of the plant or animal kingdom. Cf. phylon.
the science and history of the development of plants. Also phytogeny. — phytogenetic, phytogenetical, adj.
the study of plants according to their geographical distribution. — phytogeographer, n. — phytogeographic, phytogeographical, adj.
the branch of botany that studies plant measurement and plant taxonomy. — phytographer, phytographist, n. — phytographic, phytographical, adj.
botany.
the branch of ecology that studies the interrelations of plants and plant communities. — phytosociologist, n. — phytosociologic, phytosociological. adj.
1. the branch of botany that studies the cultivation of fruit.
2. the science of growing, storing, and processing fruit. — pomologist, n.
2. the science of growing, storing, and processing fruit. — pomologist, n.
the systematic description of ferns.
the branch of botany that studies ferns. Cf. filicology. — pteridologist, n.
the theory that lichens are parasitic fungi growing upon algae, first advanced by the German botanist S. Schwendener.
the study of the sphagnum mosses. — sphagnologist, n.
selective breeding to develop strains with particular characteristics. — stirpicultural, adj.
production by union of elements that were formerly separate. — symphyogenetic, adj.
a botanical or zoological name in which two terms are combined, the generic name and the specific, with both being the same. (a practice no longer approved by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.)
a branch of mycology that studies rusts. — uredinologist, n.
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botany
Study of plants.
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| Noun | 1. |  botany - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole browse - vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat; "a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day" growth - vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" stand - a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees" shrubbery - a collection of shrubs growing together garden - the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden ground cover, groundcover - low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow |
| 2. |  botany - the branch of biology that studies plantsetiolation - (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight; "the etiolation of celery" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms mycology - the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases pomology - the branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits palaeobotany, paleobotany - the study of fossil plants pteridology - the branch of botany that studies ferns dissilience - the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe aestivation, estivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens division - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum venation - (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf vernation - (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts natural scientist, naturalist - a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants annual - (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year biennial - (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season perennial - (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more style - (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma germ tube - (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination pollen tube - (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower; it penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule peristome - (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule embryo - (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium corolla - (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the flower for its corolla" corona - (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower calyx - (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green lip - (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx papilla - (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf pitcher - (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer apophysis - (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers callus - (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid blister - (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin coma - (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds) phloem, bast - (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground taproot - (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem spike - (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis leaf node, node - (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge lobe - (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided ligule - (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap apogamy - (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization cohesion - (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) parthenocarpy - (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds |
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Botany
Branches of botany agrostology, algology, archaeobotany or archeobotany, astrobotany, bryology, carpology, dendrology, ethnobotany, floristics, mycology, palaeobotany, palaeoethnobotany, phytogenesis, phytogeography, phytography, phytopathology, pteridology
Botany terms abscission, androecium, androgynous, anther, archegonium, auxin, axil, axis, berry, bulb, calyx, cambium, carpel, chlorophyll, chloroplast, corm, corolla, corona, cortex, cotyledon, cross-pollination, cuticle, dicotyledon, epidermis, filament, flower, foliation, fruit, geotropism, germination, guard cell, gynaecium, hilum, hydrotropism, inflorescence, insect pollination, integument, key, lamina, leaf, legume, lenticel, meristem, mesophyll, micropyle, monocotyledon, nastic movement, nut, operculum, ovary, ovule, palisade mesophyll, phloem, photosynthesis, phototropism, pistil, pith, plumule, pollen, pollination, raceme, radicle, receptacle, rhizome, root, root cap, root hair, root nodule, rosette, runner, sap, seed, seed capsule or seedcase, seed pod, seed vessel, self-pollination, sepal, shoot, spadix, spongy mesophyll, sporangium, spore, stamen, stem, stigma, stolon, stoma, style, testa, translocation, transpiration, tropism, tuber, vascular bundle, vegetative reproduction, wind pollination, xylem
Botanists Joseph Banks (English), David (James) Bellamy (English), Robert Brown (Scottish), Auguste Pyrame de Candolle (Swiss), George Washington Carver (U.S.), Charles Robert Darwin (English), Hugo De Vries (Dutch), August Wilhelm Eichler (German), Joseph Dalton Hooker (English), William Jackson Hooker (English), Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) (Swedish), Gregor Johann Mendel (Austrian), John Ray (English), John Tradescant (English)
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botanika
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植物学植物生態
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botany
n → Botanik f, → Pflanzenkunde f
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botany
(ˈbotəni) noun the scientific study of plants.
boˈtanic(al) (-ˈtӕ-) adjectiveˈbotanist noun
a person who studies botany.
botanic(al) gardens noun singular or plural a public park for the growing of native and foreign plants.
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