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Meaning of BOTANIC

Pronunciation:  bu'tanik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  of or relating to plants or botany; "botanical garden"
 
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 Synonyms: botanical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bo*tan"ic\, Botanical \Bo*tan"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
botanique. See {Botany}.]
Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants;
as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. --
{Botan"ic*al*ly}, adv.
{Botanic garden}, a garden devoted to the culture of plants
   collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of
   botany.
{Botanic physician}, a physician whose medicines consist
   chiefly of herbs and roots.
 
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 Related Terms: bulbous, cereal, farinaceous, fruitlike, fruity, herbaceous, herbal, herbose, herbous, herby, leguminose, leguminous, phytobiological, phytochemical, phytologic, plantlike, pomological, radicated, radiciform, radicular, rhizoid, rootlike, tuberous, vegetable, vegetal, vegetarian, vegetational, vegetative, weedy
 

 

 

 

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