Definitions for botany

botany bot·a·ny

Spelling: [bot-n-ee]
IPA: /ˈbɒt n i/

Botany is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in botany (abnoty).

Definitions for botany

noun

  1. the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
  2. the plant life of a region:
  3. the biology of a plant or plant group:
  4. (sometimes initial capital letter) Botany wool.

Origin of botany

1690-1700; botan(ic) (see botanical) + -y3

Examples for botany

He is soon to marry a lady who lectures on botany in Oxford.

As is well known, the concept of the cell arose first in botany.

Naturally it is ignorant of botany, and knows nothing of cuttings.

American,—'System of botany,' the best technical book I have.

That is idealising the study of botany in a most delicious way.

And she has amassed a world-class 10,000-volume library devoted to botany through the ages.

Fortunately, the botany of the grape is comparatively simple.

The Garden of Cyrus, with its arcane explorations of botany and geometry, may as well be an alchemical treatise or a grimoire.

In botany a similar class of facts has been long recognised.

A young lady, I will imagine, wishes to introduce the study of botany into her school.

Word Value for botany
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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