Botany
noun
The science that studies plants, including how they grow and their structure.
She studied botany at university and now works as a researcher.
Often appears as...
- study botany
- botany degree
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Academic
noun
The plant life in a particular region.
The botany of the desert area is adapted to survive with very little water.
Often appears as...
- desert botany
- local botany
noun
The science that studies plants, including how they grow and their structure.
She studied botany at university and now works as a researcher.
Often appears as...
- study botany
- botany degree
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The plant life in a particular region.
The botany of the desert area is adapted to survive with very little water.
Often appears as...
- desert botany
- local botany
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Botany is a specialized area of study often covered in biology courses.
If you're interested in natural environments, you might consider taking botany classes.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Gardening
Botany isn't only about gardening; it encompasses the scientific study of all plant life.
He's not just a gardener; he has a master's in botany.
Pro Tip 3/3Career Paths
Understanding botany can lead to jobs in research, agriculture, or environmental protection.
With her degree in botany, she started a career in conservation biology.
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Joseph Lekuton: A...
some become doctors, some lawyers -- we want to produce a comprehensive group of people, students who can come back and help us see a community grow that is in the middle of a huge economic recession. As I continue to be a Member of Parliament and as I continue listening to all of you talking about botany,
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The Secret Life of...
with the help of a smithsonian grant he published a definitive botany textbook one that set a new standard for research in his in narupa's home state my mom kind of witnessed this whole thing unfolding and so she would tell me all of these stories of you know these these scientists um coming in from the
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Students proposed their rationale for different diagnoses, while a doctor questioned their assumptions and moderated discussion. In this model, the method could even produce conclusive results. This same approach was later used in other sciences, such as astronomy, botany, and mathematics.
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background in world life studies we have done our word life from college and we have trained in different fields so what life is whole thing and we do not only deal with outside animals we also do a lot of flora so Steve for example is very good when you talk of botany so
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And as it so happens, I'm at MIT and I'm in a bar, and I was talking to a scientist who happens to be a chemist and a plant scientist, and I was telling him about my project, and he was like, "Well, this sounds like botany for lonely women." Unperturbed, I said, "OK."
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Palenque and the Ancient...
character he was eccentric true he read everything he claimed have spoken 50 languages he was born in Constantinople and that in Philadelphia but in in between he wrote books on medical botany and the banking he wrote poems about the
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A powerful way to...
in zoology and geology, and it starts to get him thinking about slow processes. But when he gets back from the voyage, his interests start to expand even psychology, botany; for the rest of his life,
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Clearing Everest's Trash...
and the units are dispersed emerging over you put on the Turkish rebuilt open England a correlative Cassidy recycle gurney for like a sea of psychology me poor elizacass tree fruit botany
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Corneille Ewango: A hero...
right up to now -- I'm standing in front of you -- doing botany and wildlife conservation. That time the Ituri Forest was created as a forest reserve with some animals and also plants.
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Forget Everything You...
botany and the evolutionary order of the plants in this series we'll delve deeper into the growth and development of plants and what happens when they die
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Joseph Lekuton: A...
some become doctors, some lawyers -- we want to produce a comprehensive group of people, students who can come back and help us see a community grow that is in the middle of a huge economic recession. As I continue to be a Member of Parliament and as I continue listening to all of you talking about botany,
Video examples
The Secret Life of...
with the help of a smithsonian grant he published a definitive botany textbook one that set a new standard for research in his in narupa's home state my mom kind of witnessed this whole thing unfolding and so she would tell me all of these stories of you know these these scientists um coming in from the
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This tool will help...
Students proposed their rationale for different diagnoses, while a doctor questioned their assumptions and moderated discussion. In this model, the method could even produce conclusive results. This same approach was later used in other sciences, such as astronomy, botany, and mathematics.
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Safari Live - Day 280 PIPE...
background in world life studies we have done our word life from college and we have trained in different fields so what life is whole thing and we do not only deal with outside animals we also do a lot of flora so Steve for example is very good when you talk of botany so
Video examples
Smelfies, and other...
And as it so happens, I'm at MIT and I'm in a bar, and I was talking to a scientist who happens to be a chemist and a plant scientist, and I was telling him about my project, and he was like, "Well, this sounds like botany for lonely women." Unperturbed, I said, "OK."
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
character he was eccentric true he read everything he claimed have spoken 50 languages he was born in Constantinople and that in Philadelphia but in in between he wrote books on medical botany and the banking he wrote poems about the
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A powerful way to...
in zoology and geology, and it starts to get him thinking about slow processes. But when he gets back from the voyage, his interests start to expand even psychology, botany; for the rest of his life,
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Clearing Everest's Trash...
and the units are dispersed emerging over you put on the Turkish rebuilt open England a correlative Cassidy recycle gurney for like a sea of psychology me poor elizacass tree fruit botany
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Corneille Ewango: A hero...
right up to now -- I'm standing in front of you -- doing botany and wildlife conservation. That time the Ituri Forest was created as a forest reserve with some animals and also plants.
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Forget Everything You...
botany and the evolutionary order of the plants in this series we'll delve deeper into the growth and development of plants and what happens when they die
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Tim O'Brien
American Author
To provide background and physical description and all the rest is of course vital to fiction, but vital only insofar as such detail is in the service of a richly imagined story, rather than in the service of good botany or good philosophy or good geography.
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Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
Danish Author
The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.
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George Bentham
English Scientist
I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of.
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Natasha Trethewey
American Poet
I am interested in 18th century natural philosophy, science, particularly botany, the study of hybridity in plants and animals, which, of course, then allows me to consider the hybridity of language.
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John Burroughs
American Author
Most young people find botany a dull study. So it is, as taught from the text-books in the schools; but study it yourself in the fields and woods, and you will find it a source of perennial delight.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
I'm a science guy. I'm a geek. I love geology and botany and marine science. I thought maybe I'd be a professional guide, or maybe even a park ranger, working for the Department of Fish and Game.
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Jermaine Fowler
American Actor
I was the black kid in school who'd skate and wrestle, who was really into outer space and botany and kung fu and hip-hop. I was into everything.
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Gilbert White
English Scientist
It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined.
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Mara Wilson
American Writer
If I were to talk to Lindsay Lohan, I'd encourage her to get the hell out of acting and into something soothing. Take up botany or something.
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Edward Thorndike
American Psychologist
Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.
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Tim O'Brien
American Author
To provide background and physical description and all the rest is of course vital to fiction, but vital only insofar as such detail is in the service of a richly imagined story, rather than in the service of good botany or good philosophy or good geography.
Quote examples
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
Danish Author
The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.
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George Bentham
English Scientist
I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of.
Quote examples
Natasha Trethewey
American Poet
I am interested in 18th century natural philosophy, science, particularly botany, the study of hybridity in plants and animals, which, of course, then allows me to consider the hybridity of language.
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
Most young people find botany a dull study. So it is, as taught from the text-books in the schools; but study it yourself in the fields and woods, and you will find it a source of perennial delight.
Quote examples
Paul Walker
American Actor
I'm a science guy. I'm a geek. I love geology and botany and marine science. I thought maybe I'd be a professional guide, or maybe even a park ranger, working for the Department of Fish and Game.
Quote examples
Jermaine Fowler
American Actor
I was the black kid in school who'd skate and wrestle, who was really into outer space and botany and kung fu and hip-hop. I was into everything.
Quote examples
Gilbert White
English Scientist
It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined.
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Mara Wilson
American Writer
If I were to talk to Lindsay Lohan, I'd encourage her to get the hell out of acting and into something soothing. Take up botany or something.
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Edward Thorndike
American Psychologist
Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.
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