botany

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
  2. Noun.  The plant life, or the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
  3. Noun.  (countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

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