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Webster 1913 Edition

Botany

Bot′a-ny

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Botanies
.
[F.
botanique
,
Adj.
&
Noun.
, fr. Gr.
[GREEK]
botanic, fr.
[GREEK]
herb, plant, fr.
[GREEK]
to feed, graze.]
1.
The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See
Plant
.
2.
A book which treats of the science of botany.
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Botany

BOTANY

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Noun.
[Gr. a plant.] That branch of natural history which treats of vegetables; a science which treats of the different plants, and of the distinguishing marks by which each individual species may be known from every other.
Or, botany is the science of the structure,functions, properties, habits and arrangement of plants,and of the technical characters by which they are distinguished.

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