English
Etymology
First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈbɒtəni/ , /ˈbɒtni/ , /-ɪ/
Noun
botany (countable and uncountable , plural botanies )
( uncountable ) The scientific study of plants , a branch of biology . Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
The plant life of a geographical area; flora .
the botany of Greenland
The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
( countable ) A botanical treatise or study , especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
Derived terms
Translations
scientific study of plants
Afrikaans: plantkunde (af)
Albanian: botanika
Arabic: عِلْم اَلنَّبَات m ( ʕilm an-nabāt )
Armenian: բուսաբանություն (hy) ( busabanutʻyun )
Asturian: botánica f
Azerbaijani: botanika (az) , nəbatatşünaslıq
Basque: botanika (eu)
Belarusian: бата́ніка f ( batánika )
Bengali: উদ্ভিদবিজ্ঞান ( udbhidbiggên )
Breton: louzawouriezh
Bulgarian: бота́ника (bg) f ( botánika )
Burmese: ရုက္ခဗေဒ (my) ( rukhka.beda. )
Catalan: botànica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 植物學 / 植物学 (zh) ( zhíwùxué ) , 植物学 (zh) ( zhíwùxué )
Min Nan: 植物學 / 植物学 ( si̍t-bu̍t-ha̍k )
Czech: botanika (cs) f
Danish: botanik (da)
Dhivehi: ގަހަވީ އިލްމު ( gahavī ilmu )
Dutch: plantkunde (nl) , botanie (nl) , botanica (nl)
Esperanto: botaniko (eo) , plantscienco
Estonian: taimeteadus
Faroese: plantufrøði f
Finnish: kasvitiede (fi)
French: botanique (fr) f
Galician: botánica (gl) f
Georgian: ბოტანიკა ( boṭaniḳa )
German: Botanik (de) f , Pflanzenkunde
Alemannic German: Bflanzekùnd
Greek: φυτολογία (el) f ( fytología )
Greenlandic: botanikki
Gujarati: વનસ્પતિશાસ્ત્ર ( vanaspatiśāstra )
Haitian Creole: etid plant
Hawaiian: kālailau nahele
Hebrew: בוטניקה (he) ( bot'aniqa )
Hindi: वनस्पति विज्ञान ( vanaspati vijñān )
Hungarian: növénytan (hu)
Icelandic: grasafræði (is) f
Indonesian: ilmu tumbuh-tumbuhan (id)
Irish: luibheolaíocht f
Italian: botanica (it) f
Japanese: 植物学 (ja) ( しょくぶつがく,shokubutsugaku )
Kannada: ಸಸ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) ( sasyaśāstra ) , ಗಿಡದರಿಮೆ (kn) ( giḍadarime )
Korean: 식물학 (ko) ( singmulhak ) (植物學 (ko) )
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: giyanasî (ku)
Latin: botanica (la) f
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Latvian: botānika f
Limburgish: plantkónde
Lithuanian: botanika (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Botanik
Macedonian: ботаника f ( botanika )
Malay: kaji tumbuhan , botani
Malayalam: സസ്യശാസ്ത്രം ( sasyaśāstraṁ )
Manx: lus-oaylleeaght
Maori: mātauranga huaota , mātai tipu
Marathi: वनस्पतीशास्त्र ( vanaspatīśāstra )
Mongolian: ургамалзүй ( urgamalzüj ) , ургамал судлал ( urgamal sudlal )
Nahuatl: tlanelhuayomatiliztli
Navajo: chʼil naalkaah
Norwegian:
Bokmål: plantelære
Nynorsk: plantelære
Occitan: botanica (oc) f
Oriya: ଉଦ୍ଭିଦ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ( udbhidô bijñanô )
Ossetian: ботаникӕ ( botanikæ )
Pashto: بوټپوهنه (ps) f ( buṭpohəna )
Persian: گیاهشناسی ( giyâh-šenâsi )
Polish: botanika (pl) f , roślinoznawstwo
Portuguese: botânica (pt) f
Punjabi: ਬਨਸਪਤੀ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ ( banasapatī vigiān )
Romanian: botanică (ro) f
Russian: бота́ника (ru) f ( botánika )
Scottish Gaelic: luibh-eòlas m , luibh-eòlas
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ботаника f
Roman: botanika (sh) f
Slovak: botanika (sk) f
Slovene: botanika (sl)
Spanish: botánica (es) f
Sundanese: élmu tutuwuhan
Swahili: botania , elimumime
Swedish: botanik (sv) c , växtlära (sv)
Tagalog: dalubhalmanan
Tajik: гиёҳшиносӣ ( giyohšinosī )
Tamil: தாவரவியல் (ta) ( tāvaraviyal )
Telugu: వృక్షశాస్త్రం (te) ( vr̥kṣaśāstraṁ )
Thai: พฤกษศาสตร์ ( prʉ́k-sà-sàat )
Turkish: botanik (tr) , bitki bilimi (tr)
Ukrainian: бота́ніка (uk) f ( botánika )
Vietnamese: thực vật học (vi) (植物學 )
Volapük: planav (vo)
Walloon: botanike (wa) f
Welsh: llysieueg (cy)
properties and life phenomena of plants
botanical treatise or study
Translations to be checked
See also