Definition of Botny
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.
&fist; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
BOTANY, n. The science of vegetables -- those that are not good to
eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their flowers,
which are commonly badly designed, inartistic in color, and ill-
smelling.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- a branch of biology dealing with plant life
- the plant life, or the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group
- a botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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