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# botany

noun (botany — uncountable)

«botany» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The scientific study of plants: how they grow, what they are made of, how they are named and where they live. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons botany covers parts of a plant, photosynthesis, seeds and pollination. Botanists collect and name plants, and botanic gardens show plants from all over the world. In history, Joseph Banks collected plants on Captain Cook's voyage; Botany Bay in Australia is named after this. Phrases: study botany, botanical garden, a botanist.

### Examples

- Botany is the study of plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x1)
- We learned about roots and leaves in our botany lesson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x2)
- A botanist collected seeds from the rainforest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x3)
- Botany Bay in Sydney was named for its many new plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x4)
- The botanic garden has a giant water lily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x5)
- My aunt is a botanist who studies mosses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x6)
- And now the professor of botany presented himself, one who could explain his knowledge in black and white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. Person: botanist; adjective: botanical or botanic. Pronounced BOT-a-nee. The study of animals is zoology; of living things in general, biology.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «botany» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«botany» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/botany.html) on Mova free.