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# botany

«botany» in Mova's school dictionary: **The scientific study of plants: how they grow, what they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (botany — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

The scientific study of plants: how they grow, what they are made of, how they are named and where they live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons botany covers parts of a plant, photosynthesis, seeds and pollination. Botanists collect and name plants, and botanic gardens show plants from all over the world. In history, Joseph Banks collected plants on Captain Cook's voyage; Botany Bay in Australia is named after this. Phrases: study botany, botanical garden, a botanist.

### examples

- Botany is the study of plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x1)
- We learned about roots and leaves in our botany lesson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x2)
- A botanist collected seeds from the rainforest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x3)
- Botany Bay in Sydney was named for its many new plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x4)
- The botanic garden has a giant water lily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x5)
- My aunt is a botanist who studies mosses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x6)
- And now the professor of botany presented himself, one who could explain his knowledge in black and white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Person: botanist; adjective: botanical or botanic. Pronounced BOT-a-nee. The study of animals is zoology; of living things in general, biology.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «botany» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/botany/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.