Botanic garden,
Botanic physician,
v. to collect and study plants.
n. [ Cf. F. botaniste. ] One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t. To explore for botanical purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who botanizes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A botanist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Botany + -logy: cf. F. botanologie. ] The science of botany. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Botany + -mancy: cf. F. botanomantie. ] An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
☞ Botany is divided into various departments; as,
Structural Botany, which investigates the structure and organic composition of plants;
Physiological Botany, the study of their functions and life; and
Systematic Botany, which has to do with their classification, description, nomenclature, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]