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How to use botany in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Botany means a branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants. Example: “Through my new project, I dovetail my interests in botany and programming.”

Examples of botany by meaning

nounThe plant life of a geographical area; flora.

  • the botany of Greenland

More sentences with botany

  • Through my new project, I dovetail my interests in botany and programming.From the entry dovetail
  • The botany handbooks in the library fall under Plant Biology.From the entry fall under
  • Paleoalgology is the branch of botany that deals with algae in ancient times.1978, Hsinhua Weekly - Issues 1-25, page 24. From the entry paleoalgology
  • Evolution and morphology are emphasized more in zo-ology than in botany.1916, School Science and Mathematics. From the entry zo-ology
  • This article provided no more than the prolegomena to the fruitful interdisciplinary combination of phenomenology, botany and population ecology—an approach we may term phytophenomenology.2012, Michael Marder, “Plant intentionality and the phenomenological framework of plant intelligence”, in Plant Signaling & Behavior…. From the entry phytophenomenology
  • An awareness began to grow that an overdivergence of disciplines had taken place, and that botany had lost its sense of unity.2007, Christina Matta, The science of small things: the botanical context of German bacteriology, 1830-1920. From the entry overdivergence
  • Botany, even cryptobotany, may seem to lie outside the subject matter of this book, but two recent events from Australia have encouraging implications for cryptozoologists.2006, Matthew A. Bille, Shadows of existence: discoveries and speculations in zoology. From the entry cryptobotany
  • And that would mean a species named Leucanthemum leucanthemum, with the genus and species epithet the same (a tautonym), which is a total no-no in botany.2013 August 14, “Is oxeye daisy a Leucanthemum or a Chrysanthemum?”, in Botanical Accuracy. From the entry tautonym
  • While theoretical linguistics might be compared to botany as the study of plants, practical linguistics, or linguistry, can be compared to forestry or gardening, horticulture, soil cultivation, or arboreal practices.2012, Mikhail Epstein, Igor E. Klyukanov, The Transformative Humanities: A Manifesto - Page 102. From the entry linguistry
  • Botany used to recognize, if vaguely, these two kinds of plant, namely the thallophyte which grew and absorbed superficially, and the cormophyte, which is the root-shoot system with internal accommodation.2002, E. J. H. Corner, The Life of Plants, page 108. From the entry cormophyte

Meaning of botany

  1. noun A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
  2. noun The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
  3. noun The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.

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Questions about botany in a sentence

How do you use botany in a sentence?
Botany is used as a noun. For example: “Through my new project, I dovetail my interests in botany and programming.”
What is a short sentence with botany?
“the botany of Greenland”
What does botany mean?
Botany means a branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

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