botanology

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noun

The science of botany.

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Meanings

nounbotanology (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe 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

Compare French botanologie.

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botanology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botanology

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“botanology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botanology. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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