botany

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Etymology

First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic..

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɒtənɪ/

Noun

botany (countable and uncountable; plural botanies)

1. (uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
2. The plant life, or the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
3. (countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

Derived terms

botanically botanist

botanize Botany Bay

Related terms

• botanical a

Translations

scientific study of plants

• Arabic: علم النبات (ar) (3ilm al-nabaat) m
• Armenian: բուսաբանություն (hy) (busabanut'yun)
• Azeri: botanika (az)
• Belarusian: батаніка (be) (batánika) f
• Bulgarian: ботаника (bg) (botánika) f
• Catalan: botànica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 植物學 (cmn), 植物学 (cmn) (zhíwùxué)

• Czech: botanika (cs) f
• Danish: botanik (da)
• Dutch: plantkunde (nl), botanie (nl), botanica (nl)
• Esperanto: botaniko (eo), plantscienco (eo)
• Faroese: plantufrøði (fo) f
• Finnish: kasvitiede (fi)
• French: botanique (fr) f
• Georgian: ბოტანიკა (ka) (botanika)
• German: Botanik (de) f
• Greek: φυτολογία (el) (fitología) f
• Greenlandic: botanikki (kl)
• Hebrew: בוטניקה (he) (bot'aniqa)
• Icelandic: grasafræði (is) f
• Irish: luibheolaíocht (ga) f
• Italian: botanica (it) f
• Japanese: 植物学 (ja) (しょくぶつがく,shokubutsugaku)
• Korean: 식물학 (ko) (singmulhak) (植物學 (ko))

• Latin: botanica (la) f
• Latvian: botānika (lv) f
• Lithuanian: botanika (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Botanik (lb)
• Macedonian: ботаника (mk) (botánika) f
• Navajo: chʼil naalkaah
• Ossetian: ботаникæ (botanikæ)
• Pashto: بوټپوهنه (ps) (buṭpohəna) f
• Polish: botanika (pl) f
• Portuguese: botânica (pt) f
• Romanian: botanică (ro) f
• Russian: ботаника (ru) (botánika) f
• Scottish Gaelic: luibh-eòlas (gd) m
• Slovak: botanika (sk) f
• Spanish: botánica (es) f
• Swahili: botania (sw), elimumime (sw)
• Swedish: botanik (sv) c
• Telugu: వృక్షశాస్త్రం (te) (vrukshaSaastram)
• Turkish: botanik (tr)
• Ukrainian: ботаніка (uk) (botánika) f
• Vietnamese: thực vật học (vi) (植物學 (vi))
• Volapük: planav (vo)

plant life, or the properties and life phenomena

• Japanese: 植物生態 (ja) (shokubutsu sētai)

• Swedish: växtbiologi (sv) c

botanical treatise or study

• Swedish: lärobok i botanik (sv) c (text book), flora (sv) c (floristics)

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• Novial: botanike
• Persian: گیاه‌شناسی (giyâh-šenâsi)