botany

Plural: botanies

Noun

• The scientific study of plants, including their structure, growth, and classification.
• all the plant life in a particular region or period
  • "the botany of China"
• the branch of biology that studies plants
• A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
• 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.

Examples

• His extensive knowledge of BOTANY helped him identify obscure words for bonus points.
• the botany of Greenland

Synonyms

flora, phytology, vegetation

Antonyms

fauna

Related Words

phytology, wortlore