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botany

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOTANY

n.[Gr. a plant. ] That branch of natural history which treats of vegetables; a science which treats of the different plants, and of the distinguishing marks by which each individual species may be known from every other. Or, botany is the science of the structure, functions, properties, habits and arrangement of plants, and of the technical characters by which they are distinguished.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BOTANY

Bot "a *ny, n.; pl. Botanies. Etym: [F. botanique, a. & n., fr. Gr. botanic, fr. herb, plant, fr. to feed, graze. ]

 

1. The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.

 

2. A book which treats of the science of botany.

 

Note: Botany is divided into various departments; as, Structural Botany, which investigates the structure and organic composition of plants; Physiological Botany, the study of their functions and life; and Systematic Botany, which has to do with their classification, description, nomenclature, etc.

 

BOTANY BAY

BOTANY BAY Bot "a *ny Bay ".

 

Defn: A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 177 .

 

Note: Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort. Botany Bay kino (Med. ), an astringent, reddish substance consisting of the inspissated juice of several Australian species of Eucalyptus. -- Botany Bay resin (Med. ), a resin of reddish yellow color, resembling gamboge, the product of different Australian species of Xanthorrhæa, esp. the grass three (X. hastilis.)

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Botany

Bot a ny |ˈbätn -ē ˌbɑtni |(also Botany wool ) ▶noun merino wool, esp. from Australia. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after Botany Bay, from where the wool originally came.

 

botany

bot a ny |ˈbätn -ē ˈbɑtni | ▶noun the scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance. • the plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period: the botany of North America. DERIVATIVES bo tan ic |bəˈtanik |adjective, bot a nist |-ist |noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from earlier botanic (from French botanique, based on Greek botanikos, from botanē ‘plant ’) + -y 3 .

 

Botany Bay

Bot a ny Bay |bɑːtəni | an inlet of the Tasman Sea just south of Sydney, Australia. It was the site of Captain James Cook's landing in 1770 and of an early British penal settlement. ORIGIN named by Cook after the large variety of plants collected there by his companion, Sir Joseph Banks.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Botany

Botany |ˈbɒt (ə )ni |(also Botany wool ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] merino wool, especially from Australia. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after Botany Bay, from where the wool originally came.

 

botany

botany |ˈbɒt (ə )ni | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the scientific study of the physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance of plants. • the plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period: the botany of North America. DERIVATIVES botanist noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from earlier botanic (from French botanique, based on Greek botanikos, from botanē ‘plant ’) + -y 3 .

 

Botany Bay

Bot ¦any Bay |bɒtəniˈbeɪ | an inlet of the Tasman Sea in New South Wales, Australia, just south of Sydney. It was the site of Captain James Cook's landing in 1770 and of an early British penal settlement. ORIGIN named by Cook after the large variety of plants collected there by his companion, Sir Joseph Banks.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

botany

bot a ny /bɑ́t (ə )ni |bɔ́t -/名詞 U 1 植物学 (→zoology ).2 (ある特定の場所 [時 ]の )植物 ; 植物 (全体 )の生物学的特徴 .B -́ B à y ボタニー湾 〘オーストラリアのシドニー南方; もと英国の流刑植民地 〙.b ó t a nist 名詞 C 植物学者 [専門家 ].