botany
/ˈbɒtənɪ/noun
mass noun
1- the scientific study of the physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance of plants植物学。
1.1
- the plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period（特定地区的）植物（生态）：
the botany of North America.
北美的植物生态。
派生词
botanic
adjectivebotanist
noun词源
late 17th cent.: from earlier botanic （from French botanique, based on Greek botanikos, from botanē 'plant'） + -Y3 .