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physic garden

physic garden noun: a botanical garden where plants are grown for medicinal purposes.

Noun

physic garden (plural physic gardens)

  1. (historical) A botanical garden where plants are grown for medicinal purposes.
    • After they had visited the physic garden, the university, the anatomical hall, and every other thing that was recommended to their view, they returned to Rotterdam, and held a consultation upon the method of transporting themselves to England.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of physic garden

pluralphysic gardens

Origin of physic garden

From physic + garden, after French jardin médicinal.

Questions about physic garden

What does physic garden mean?
Physic garden means a botanical garden where plants are grown for medicinal purposes.
What part of speech is physic garden?
Physic garden is a noun.
What is the plural of physic garden?
The plural of physic garden is physic gardens.

Words near physic garden in the dictionary

  1. physible
  2. physibles
  3. physic
  4. physic finger
  5. physic fingers
  6. physic garden
  7. physic gardens
  8. physic nut
  9. physic nuts
  10. physical
  11. physical anthropology

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