Botany (Noun)

Meaning ¹

All the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China".

Classification

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.

Synonyms

• Flora
• Vegetation

Hypernyms

• Collection
• Aggregation
• Assemblage

Hyponyms

• Brushwood
• Shrubbery
• Browse
• Wood
• Thicket
• Garden
• Ground Cover
• Brush
• Growth
• Scrub
• Stand
• Copse
• Brier
• Brierpatch
• Chaparral
• Forest
• Groundcover

Meaning ²

The branch of biology that studies plants.

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Synonyms

• Phytology

Hypernyms

• Biological Science

Hyponyms

• Algology
• Palaeobotany

Related Words

• Botanist (noun)
• Botanical (adjective)
• Herbaceous (adjective)
• Botanic (adjective)
• Botanize (verb)
• Botanise (verb)