botany

UK/ˈbɒt.ə.ni/US/ˈbɑ.tə.ni/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,260 of 15,258mostly written

Botany is the scientific study of plants. Study botany, a botany degree.

It was the science every Victorian doctor learnt, since most medicines came from plants. Botany still supplies new drugs, and most of the world's plant species have never been tested.

Definitions of botany

1nounbotanyThe scientific study of plants.B2+
“She read botany at a time when women were barely admitted.”

botany is a science.

Where it comes from

Botany is a back-formation from botanic, from Greek botane, a plant or pasture.

First attested in 1696: a back-formation from botanic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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botany

UK/ˈbɒt.ə.ni/US/ˈbɑ.tə.ni/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,260 of 15,258mostly written

Botany is the scientific study of plants. Study botany, a botany degree.

It was the science every Victorian doctor learnt, since most medicines came from plants. Botany still supplies new drugs, and most of the world's plant species have never been tested.

Definitions of botany

1nounbotanyThe scientific study of plants.B2+
“She read botany at a time when women were barely admitted.”

botany is a science.

Where it comes from

Botany is a back-formation from botanic, from Greek botane, a plant or pasture.

First attested in 1696: a back-formation from botanic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA