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noun The science or study of plants.
noun A book or scholarly work on this subject.
noun The plant life of a particular area: the botany of the Ohio River valley.

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The science of plants. It treats of the forms of plants, their structure, the nature of the tissues of which they are composed, the vital phenomena connected with them, the arrangement of them into larger and smaller groups according to their affinities, and the classification of these groups so as to exhibit their mutual relations and their position in the vegetable kingdom as a whole. The science further investigates the nature of the vegetation which at former epochs lived on the earth, as well as the distribution of plants at the present time. It is thus divided into several sections. Structural or morphological botany, that branch of the science of botany which relates to the structure and organization of plants, internal or external, independently of the presence of a vital principle. Also called organography. Physiological or biological botany, that branch which relates to the history of vegetable life, the functions of the various organs of plants, and their minute structure and method of growth. Descriptive botany, that branch which relates to the description and nomenclature of plants. Also called phytography. Systematic botany, that branch which relates to the principles upon which plants are to be classified or arranged with reference to their degrees of relationship. The system of classification now universally adopted is that proposed by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, and improved and enlarged by De Candolle, Brown, and others. It is generally called the natural system, because it is intended to express, as far as possible, the various degrees of relationship among plants as these exist in nature, and to group next to each other the various species, genera, and orders which are most alike in all respects. Several artificial systems have been proposed, as that of Tournefort, based on the modifications of the corolla; but the best-known is that of Linnæus, founded on the stamens and pistils. This system, which was designed by Linnæus to be only temporary, proved of great value to the science of botany, but it has now gone entirely out of use, or is used only as a partial index to the vegetable kingdom. Geographical botany, that branch which relates to the natural distribution of plants over the globe, and to the inquiry into the causes which have influenced or maintain this distribution. Paleontological or fossil botany, that branch which embraces the study of the forms and structures of the plants found in a fossil state in the various strata of which the earth is composed.
Agricultural botany that branch of the science of plants which relates to their utility in agriculture.
Commercial botany that branch of botany which relates to plants or plant products which enter into trade.

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We have been doing research on botany, and we have a small herbarium of 4,500 sheets of plants. — Corneille Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest
Most curators specialize in a particular field, such as botany, art, paleontology, or history. — Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
That passion is spelled out not only in the learning that takes place in class about subjects such as botany, propagation, soil science, landscape design and maintenance, entomology, integrated pest management, fertilizers, weeds, vegetable gardening, flowers, woody ornamentals, small fruits and fruit trees and much more.
Carey's love of and interest in botany, astronomy and poetry is striking and gives us a new template for doing mission. — An accidental blog
She loved poetry and botany, a rare accomplishment for a woman. — Home | Mail Online

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