botany
pronunciation
How to pronounce botany in British English:
UK [ˈbɒtəni]
How to pronounce botany in American English:
US [ˈbɑːtəni]
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- Noun:
- the branch of biology that studies plants
Word Origin
- botany
- botany: [17] Botany was derived from botanic, a borrowing, either directly or via French botanique, of Latin botanicus. The ultimate source of the word was Greek botánē ‘plant, pasture’, a derivative of the verb boskein ‘feed’.
- botany (n.)
- 1690s, from botanic. The -y is from astronomy, etc. Botany Bay so called by Capt. Cook on account of the great variety of plants found there.
Example
- 1. Oh , and remember those women who had to read the botany paper ?
- 2. He reports that she grew up normally , received an advanced degree in botany , and got married .
- 3. Centuries later aristotle and his student theophrastus classified and named plants and animals , laying the foundations for botany .
- 4. He realized he needed to be more knowledgeable before anyone would listen to him , so he went to college to study botany .
- 5. He meant to be a doctor , with a sideline in playing jazz saxophone , but fell under the spell of a pipe-smoking botany teacher , and that was that .