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botanology

botanology noun: the science of botany.

Noun

botanology (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The science of botany.
    • the Tree mentioned in the Canticle, which stricter Botanology will hardly allow to be Camphire.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of botanology

Compare French botanologie.

Words formed from botanology

Questions about botanology

What does botanology mean?
Botanology means the science of botany.
What part of speech is botanology?
Botanology is a noun.

Words near botanology in the dictionary

  1. botanizes
  2. botanizing
  3. botanogenomics
  4. botanol
  5. botanologer
  6. botanology
  7. botanomancy
  8. botanomantic
  9. botanophile
  10. botanophiles
  11. botanophilist

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