botany
noun/ˈbɒtəni/
/ˈbɑːtəni/
[uncountable]- the scientific study of plants and their structure compare biology, zoologyTopics Scientific researchc2, Biologyc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: from earlier botanic (from French botanique, based on Greek botanikos, from botanē ‘plant’) + -y.
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