Meanings
botany1
nounbotany (countable and uncountable, plural botanies)
plural botanies
- uncountableA branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
- countableuncountableThe properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
Botany2
proper noun
- A suburb of Sydney in the Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounall the plant life in a particular region or period
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans plantkunde
- plantkundescientific study of plants
Arabic عِلْم اَلنَّبَات
- عِلْم اَلنَّبَات (ʕilm an-nabāt)scientific study of plants
Basque botanika
- botanikascientific study of plants
Bengali উদ্ভিদবিজ্ঞান
- উদ্ভিদবিজ্ঞান (udbhidbiggên)scientific study of plants
Bulgarian бота́ника
- бота́ника (botánika)scientific study of plants
Catalan botànica
- botànicascientific study of plants
Chinese Mandarin 植物學 /植物学
- 植物學 /植物学 (zhíwùxué)scientific study of plants
Czech botanika
- botanikascientific study of plants
Danish botanik
- botanikscientific study of plants
Dutch plantkunde, botanie
- plantkundescientific study of plants
- botaniescientific study of plants
- botanicascientific study of plants
Esperanto botaniko, plantscienco
- botanikoscientific study of plants
- plantsciencoscientific study of plants
Estonian taimeteadus
- taimeteadusscientific study of plants
Finnish kasvitiede, kasvillisuus
- kasvitiedescientific study of plants
- kasvillisuusplant life of an area
- kasvistoplant life of an area
- kasvibiologiaproperties and life phenomena of plants
- kasvitieteellinen artikkelibotanical treatise or study
- kasvitieteellinen tutkimusbotanical treatise or study
French botanique
- botaniquescientific study of plants
German Botanik, Pflanzenkunde
- Botanikscientific study of plants
- Pflanzenkundescientific study of plants
Greek φυτολογία
- φυτολογία (fytología)scientific study of plants
Hawaiian kālailau nahele
- kālailau nahelescientific study of plants
Hebrew בוטניקה
- בוטניקה (bot'aniqa)scientific study of plants
Hindi वनस्पति विज्ञान
- वनस्पति विज्ञान (vanaspati vijñān)scientific study of plants
Hungarian növénytan, botanika
- növénytanscientific study of plants
- botanikascientific study of plants
Icelandic grasafræði
- grasafræðiscientific study of plants
Indonesian ilmu tumbuh-tumbuhan
- ilmu tumbuh-tumbuhanscientific study of plants
Irish luibheolaíocht
- luibheolaíochtscientific study of plants
Italian botanica
- botanicascientific study of plants
Japanese 植物学, 植物生態
- 植物学 (shokubutsugaku)scientific study of plants
- 植物生態 (shokubutsu sētai)properties and life phenomena of plants
Korean 식물학
- 식물학 (singmulhak)scientific study of plants
Latin botanica
- botanicascientific study of plants
Latvian botānika
- botānikascientific study of plants
Lithuanian botanika
- botanikascientific study of plants
Malay kaji tumbuhan, botani
- kaji tumbuhanscientific study of plants
- botaniscientific study of plants
Māori mātauranga huaota, mātai tipu
- mātauranga huaotascientific study of plants
- mātai tipuscientific study of plants
Norwegian Bokmål botanikk, plantelære
- botanikkscientific study of plants
- plantelærescientific study of plants
Persian گیاهشناسی
- گیاهشناسی (giyâh-šenâsi)scientific study of plants
Polish botanika, roślinoznawstwo
- botanikascientific study of plants
- roślinoznawstwoscientific study of plants
- botanikaplant life of an area
- botanikaproperties and life phenomena of plants
- artykuł botanicznybotanical treatise or study
Portuguese botânica
- botânicascientific study of plants
Punjabi ਬਨਸਪਤੀ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ
- ਬਨਸਪਤੀ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (banasapatī vigiān)scientific study of plants
Romanian botanică
- botanicăscientific study of plants
Russian бота́ника
- бота́ника (botánika)scientific study of plants
Scottish Gaelic luibh-eòlas
- luibh-eòlasscientific study of plants
Slovak botanika
- botanikascientific study of plants
Spanish botánica
- botánicascientific study of plants
Swahili botania, elimumime
- botaniascientific study of plants
- elimumimescientific study of plants
Swedish botanik, växtlära
- botanikscientific study of plants
- växtlärascientific study of plants
- växtbiologiproperties and life phenomena of plants
- lärobok i botanikbotanical treatise or study
- flora (floristics)botanical treatise or study
Tagalog botanika
- botanikascientific study of plants
Tamil தாவரவியல்
- தாவரவியல் (tāvaraviyal)scientific study of plants
Thai พฤกษศาสตร์
- พฤกษศาสตร์ (prʉ́k-sà-sàat)scientific study of plants
Turkish botanik, bitki bilimi
- botanikscientific study of plants
- bitki bilimiscientific study of plants
Ukrainian бота́ніка
- бота́ніка (botánika)scientific study of plants
Urdu نباتیات
- نباتیات (nbātyāt)scientific study of plants
Vietnamese thực vật học
- thực vật họcscientific study of plants
Welsh llysieueg
- llysieuegscientific study of plants
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Cite this entry
APA
botany. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botany
MLA
“botany.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botany. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “botany,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botany.
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