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botanism

botanism noun: botany.

Noun

botanism (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Botany.
    • […] where his great variety of most rare Plants, cultivated with much care and cost, as himself takes great delight in observing the same, so doth he freely admit others, curious in Botanism, to do the like, to illustrate and augment the History of Plants.1752, James Newton, A Compleat Herbal of the Late James Newton
    • […] and that "the result of these and other advantages, was a competent skill in arts, especially philosophy, mathematics, physic, and the two parts belonging to it, chirurgery and botanism."1835, Edmund Lodge, Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, page 2

Questions about botanism

What does botanism mean?
Botanism means botany.
What part of speech is botanism?
Botanism is a noun.

Words near botanism in the dictionary

  1. botanised
  2. botaniser
  3. botanisers
  4. botanises
  5. botanising
  6. botanism
  7. botanist
  8. botanistic
  9. botanists
  10. botanize
  11. botanized

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