botany

Meaning

Noun

• 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 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.

Origin

• First attested in 1696: .