Botany
['bɒt(ə)nɪ] or ['bɑtəni]
Definition
(a. & n.) The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.
(a. & n.) A book which treats of the science of botany.
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Definition
n. the science of plants.—adj. Botan′ic.—adv. Botan′ically.—v.i. Bot′anise to seek for and collect plants for study.—ns. Bot′anist one skilled in botany; Bot′anomancy divination by means of plants esp. the leaves of the sage and fig.—Botany Bay a famous convict settlement in New South Wales near to what is now Sydney: convict settlements generally.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The science of vegetables—those that are not good to eat as well as those that are. It deals largely with their flowers which are commonly badly designed inartistic in color and ill-smelling.
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Examples
- It was elementary botany. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I am sure they should be arrested, cribbed, tried, and brought in for Botany Bay, at the very least. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It appeared that she had minutely studied the botany of English fields and woods. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There is nothing in the elementary study of botany which cannot be introduced in a vital way in connection with caring for the growth of seeds. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In his automobile he has made long tours, and with his family has particularly indulged his taste for botany. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We may secure technical specialized ability in algebra, Latin, or botany, but not the kind of intelligence which directs ability to useful ends. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- If everybody got their deserts, Bulstrode might have had to say his prayers at Botany Bay. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Pliny thought that each plant had its special virtue, and much of his botan y is applied botany. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- His pupil and lifelong friend, and successor as leader o f the Peripatetic school of philosophy, Theophrastus, combined a knowledge of mathematics, astronomy, botany, and mineralogy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Physical astronomy, physical geography, meteorology, ph ysics, chemistry, geology, botany, anatomy, physiology, embryology, and zo?logy were enriched by his teaching. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Theophrastus was the founder of the science of botany, Dioscorides the founder of materia medica. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If ye could transport your tenant, Mr. Moore, to Botany Bay, ye'd happen do better. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the field of botany Aristotle had a wide knowledge of natural phenomena, and raised general questions as to mode of propagation, nourishment, relation of plants to animals, etc. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She entered into a discourse on botany with the gentle Mrs. Dent. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In the reco rds of Egyptian medical practice can be traced the origin of chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and botany. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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