botany

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The plant life of a geographical area; flora.

   the botany of Greenland

2. 2
   noun

   the branch of biology that studies plants

3. 3
   noun

   all the plant life in a particular region or period

4. 4
   noun

   A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

5. 5
   noun

   The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.

6. 6
   noun

   A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

7. 7
   name

   A suburb of Sydney in the Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.