botany
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noun
the scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance.
植物学(→ zoology)
the plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period:
(ある特定の場所［時］の)植物; 植物(全体)の生物学的特徴
e.g. the botany of North America.
DERIVATIVES
botanic |bəˈtanik| adjective
ORIGIN
late 17th century: from earlier botanic (from French botanique, based on Greek botanikos, from botanē ‘plant’) + -y3.