botanical garden

noun

A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world.

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botanic gardenarboretum
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Meanings

nounbotanical garden (plural botanical gardens)

plural botanical gardens

  1. A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world.

    Synonyms: botanic garden

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world.

Similar
botanic garden

More synonyms by meaning

nouna facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition

Similar
arboretum
Broader
facilityinstallation
Also see
arboretum

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic حَدِيقَة نَبَاتِيَّة
  • حَدِيقَة نَبَاتِيَّة (ḥadīqa nabātiyya)a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Catalan jardí botànic
  • jardí botànica place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Chinese Mandarin 植物園 /植物园
  • 植物園 /植物园 (zhíwùyuán)a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Czech botanická zahrada
  • botanická zahradaa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Dutch botanische tuin
  • botanische tuina place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Esperanto botanika ĝardeno
  • botanika ĝardenoa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Finnish kasvitieteellinen puutarha
  • kasvitieteellinen puutarhaa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
French jardin botanique
  • jardin botaniquea place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
German botanischer Garten
  • botanischer Gartena place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Greek βοτανικός κήπος
  • βοτανικός κήπος (votanikós kípos)a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Hebrew גן בוטני
  • גן בוטני (gan botáni)a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Hindi वानस्पतिक उद्यान
  • वानस्पतिक उद्यान (vānaspatik udyān)a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Hungarian botanikus kert, füvészkert
  • botanikus kerta place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • füvészkerta place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Irish gairdín lusanna
  • gairdín lusannaa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Italian orto botanico, giardino botanico
  • orto botanicoa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • giardino botanicoa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Japanese 植物園
  • 植物園 (shokubutsuen)a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Korean 식물원
  • 식물원 (singmurwon)a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Malay taman botani
  • taman botania place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Persian باغ گیاهشناسی
  • باغ گیاهشناسیa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Polish ogród botaniczny
  • ogród botanicznya place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Portuguese jardim botânico
  • jardim botânicoa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Romanian grădină botanică
  • grădină botanicăa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Russian ботани́ческий сад
  • ботани́ческий сад (botaníčeskij sad)a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Slovak botanická záhrada
  • botanická záhradaa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Spanish jardín botánico
  • jardín botánicoa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Swedish botanisk trädgård
  • botanisk trädgårda place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Thai สวนพฤกษศาสตร์
  • สวนพฤกษศาสตร์ (sǔuan-prʉ́k-sà-sàat)a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Turkish botanik bahçesi
  • botanik bahçesia place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Ukrainian ботані́чний сад
  • ботані́чний сад (botaníčnyj sad)a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Vietnamese vườn bách thảo
  • vườn bách thảoa place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
Welsh gardd fotaneg
  • gardd fotanega place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
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