Botanical - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Botanical :  adj : of or relating to plants or botany; "botanical garden" [syn: botanic]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Botanic \Bo*tan"ic\,Botanical : \Bo*tan"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. botanique. See Botany.] Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. --
Botan"ic*al*ly, adv.

Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany.

Botanic physician, a physician whose medicines consist chiefly of herbs and roots.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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